Viral loads of herpes simplex virus in clinical samples-A 5-year retrospective analysis

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1911-1916

  Tang, Julian W ^a   Lin, Mingxuan ^a   Chiu, Lily ^a   Koay, Evelyn S C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bronchoalvelolar lavage; Cerebrospinal fluid; Herpes simplex virus viral load; Plasma; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Swab

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650196792     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21903     Document Type: Article

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