Diagnosis of genital herpes simplex virus infection in the clinical laboratory

Virology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Legoff, Jérôme ^a   Péré, Hélène ^a,b   Bélec, Laurent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Genital herpes; Herpes simplex virus

Indexed keywords

THROMBOSPONDIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENITAL HERPES; GOLD STANDARD; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERPES GENITALIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES;

HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 84901627497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-11-83     Document Type: Review

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