Usefulness of real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of echovirus aseptic meningitis using cerebrospinal fluid

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 455-457

  Fujimoto, Tsuguto ^a   Izumi, Hiroyuki ^b   Okabe, Nobuhiko ^a   Enomoto, Miki ^a,c   Konagaya, Masami ^a   Chikahira, Masatsugu ^c   Munemura, Tetsuya ^a   Taniguchi, Kiyosu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Itabashi Medical Association Hospital   (Japan)

^c Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO VIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

EID: 75149182280     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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