Analysis of varicella-zoster virus and herpes simplex virus in various clinical samples by the use of different PCR assays

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 193-196

  Finnström, Niklas ^a   Bergsten, Karin ^b   Ström, Helena ^a   Sundell, Therese ^b   Martin, Sophie ^a   Wutzler, Peter ^c   Sauerbrei, Andreas ^c  

^a Cepheid Europe ^*  (France)

^b Cepheid AB   (Sweden)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex virus type 1; Herpes simplex virus type 2; Polymerase chain reaction; Varicella zoster virus; Virological diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CULTURE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 67649283617     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.04.035     Document Type: Article

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