Reply to Itzhaki and Klapper

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 974-

  Lurain, Nell S ^a   Hanson, Barbara A ^a   Martinson, Jeffrey ^a   Leurgans, Sue E ^a,b   Landay, Alan L ^a   Bennett, David A ^a,b   Schneider, Julie A ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GANCICLOVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84895744897     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit666     Document Type: Letter

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