Subtype-specific, probe-based, real-time PCR for detection and typing of human herpesvirus-6 encephalitis from pediatric patients under the age of 2 years

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-229

  Lou, Jintu ^a   Wu, Yidong ^a   Cai, Meiting ^a   Wu, Xiujing ^a   Shang, Shiqiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Encephalitis; Human herpesvirus 6; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6 ENCEPHALITIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTYPE SPECIFIC PROBE BASED REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

EID: 79955955708     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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