Characterization of viremia at different stages of Varicella-zoster virus infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-98

  Mainka, Claudia ^a   Fuß, Bernhard ^a   Geiger, Hartmut ^a   Höfelmayr, Heike ^a   Wolff, Manfred H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunofluorescence; NASBA; PBMC associated viremia; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER MICROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AGED; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 3543011305     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199809)56:1<91::AID-JMV15>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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