Quantitative real-time PCR in paediatric patients with herpes simplex infections of the central nervous system

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 297-300

  Muñoz Almagro, Carmen ^a   Jordan, Iolanda ^b   Cambra, Francisco Jose ^b   Esteban, Elisabeth ^b   Urrea, Mireia ^b   Garcia Garcia, Juan Jose ^b   Palomeque, Antonio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Encephalitis; Herpes simplex; Real time PCR; Viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AGE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; VIRUS LOAD;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLEXVIRUS; VIRAL LOAD;

HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 37549046040     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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