In vitro replication of varicella-zoster virus in human retinal pigment epithelial cells

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2122-2124

  Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^a,b   Bleymehl, Karoline ^a   Rabenau, Holger F ^a   Ulrich, Rainer G ^c   Cinatl Jr , Jindrich ^a   Doerr, Hans Wilhelm ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d Institute of Medical Virology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL GRANULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; FIBROBLASTS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 45149105026     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00122-08     Document Type: Article

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