Is human herpesvirus-6 DNA in plasma the right marker for active infection? [5]

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1795-1796

  Achour, Abla ^a   Boutolleau, David ^a   Gautheret Dejean, Agnès ^a   Agut, Henri ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA DETERMINATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS LOAD;

DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845452906     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509624     Document Type: Letter

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