Incidence and clinical features of herpes simplex viruses (1 and 2) and varicella-zoster virus infections in an adult Korean population with aseptic meningitis or encephalitis

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 957-962

  Choi, Rihwa ^a   Kim, Gyeong Moon ^a   Jo, Ik Joon ^a   Sim, Min Seob ^a   Song, Keun Jeong ^a   Kim, Byoung Joon ^a   Na, Duk L ^a   Huh, Hee Jae ^a   Kim, Jong Won ^a   Ki, Chang Seok ^a   Lee, Nam Yong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; Herpesviridae; Polymerase chain reaction; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENCEPHALITIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SOUTH KOREA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897961932     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23920     Document Type: Article

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