Coinfection of human herpesviruses 6A (HHV-6A) and HHV-6B as demonstrated by novel digital droplet PCR assay

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Leibovitch, Emily C ^a,b   Brunetto, Giovanna S ^a   Caruso, Breanna ^a   Fenton, Kaylan ^a   Ohayon, Joan ^a   Reich, Daniel S ^a   Jacobson, Steven ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL DROPLET POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SERUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; BLOOD DONOR; COINFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SALIVA; VIROLOGY;

BLOOD DONORS; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SALIVA; SERUM;

EID: 84899742303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092328     Document Type: Article

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