Collect, boil and amplify - A simple approach for the detection of three common viruses associated with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, conjunctivitis and dendritic ulcers

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 238-241

  Moore, Catherine ^a   Gatica, Leonardo ^a   Jones, Tim ^a   Matthews, Paul ^a   Watkins, Joanne ^a   Tyson, Linda ^a   Keelan, Paula ^a   Corden, Sally ^a   Phillips, Ian ^a   Jones, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Conjunctivitis; Dendritic ulcer; DNA extraction; HSV; Keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; RIBONUCLEASE P;

ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS 8; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOIL EXTRACTION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DENDRITIC ULCER; DNA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HEXON GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULCER; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, INCLUSION; CONJUNCTIVITIS, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS TYPE 8; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 84875504911     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

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