Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 46 patients with encephalitis were studied f o r t h e presence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 and 2 and/or varicella zoster virus (VZV)-specific DNA sequences by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Patients were studied because of detection of in
Detection of human herpesvirus-6 in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with encephalitis
β Scribed by Karen Yao; Somayeh Honarmand; Alex Espinosa; Nahid Akhyani; Carol Glaser; Steven Jacobson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 641 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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