Low prevalence of human herpesvirus-6 and varicella zoster virus in blood of multiple sclerosis patients, irrespective of inflammatory status or disease progression

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1437-1440

  Hon, Gloudina M ^a   Erasmus, Rajiv T ^b   Matsha, Tandi ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Human herpesvirus 6; Multiple sclerosis; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORF10 GENE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; U83 GENE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84904247191     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.10.027     Document Type: Article

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