Detection of herpes simplex virus DNA in plasma of patients with primary but not with recurrent infection: Implications for transfusion medicine?

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-47

  Juhl, D ^a   Mosel, C ^a   Nawroth, F ^b   Funke, A M ^b   Dadgar, S M ^a   Hagenstrom H ^a   Kirchner, H ^a   Hennig, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood donors; DNA; Herpes genitalis; Herpes labialis; Herpes simplex virus; HSV

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES LABIALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT INFECTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA, VIRAL; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES LABIALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIREMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049139533     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00951.x     Document Type: Article

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