Serology and serum DNA detection in shingles

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 47-51

  Dobec, Marinko ^a   Bossart, Walter ^b   Kaeppeli, Franz ^a   Mueller Schoop, Juerg ^c  

^a Medizinische Laboratorien Dr F Kaeppeli   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Permanence Hauptbahnhof Practice   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA detection; Herpes zoster; PCR; Shingles; VZV reactivation; VZV serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 38749149186     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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