Herpes simplex virus type 2 displays atypical melting-temperature profiles at low viral titers

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2786-2789

  Leblanc, Jason J ^a   Campbell, Sarah ^a   Pettipas, Janice ^a   Hatchette, Todd F ^a,b   Davidson, Ross J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TYPING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIP; MALE; PENIS; TONGUE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY; VULVA;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

VIRUS DNA;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; PENIS; TONGUE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VULVA;

EID: 53149113078     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02177-07     Document Type: Article

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