Detection of herpes viruses in children with acute appendicitis

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 282-286

  Katzoli, Polixeni ^a   Sakellaris, George ^b   Ergazaki, Maria ^a   Charissis, George ^b   Spandidos, Demetrios A ^a   Sourvinos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; CMV; EBV; HHV 6; HHV 7; HSV 1; HSV 2; PCR; VZV

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OMENTUM; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERITONITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 62749091567     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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