Diagnosis and quantitative detection of HSV DNA in samples from patients with suspected herpes simplex encephalitis

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 211-214

  Ziyaeyan, Mazyar ^a   Alborzi, Abdolvahab ^a   Haghighi, Afshin Borhani ^b   Jamalidoust, Marziyeh ^a   Moeini, Mahsa ^a   Pourabbas, Bahman ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Encephalitis; Herpes simplex; Quantitative analysis; Viral load

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN B; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEIN B GENE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 79959575041     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1413-8670(11)70177-5     Document Type: Article

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