Detection of herpes simplex virus type 1 in addition to Epstein-Bar virus in tonsils using a new multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-51

  Sahin, Fikret ^a   Gerceker, Devran ^a   Karasartova, Djursun ^a   Ozsan, T Murat ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Human herpes viruses; Multiplex PCR assay; Tonsil infections

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TONSIL; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 33845386768     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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