Dual detection of antibody to both herpes simplex and varicella-zoster viruses in cerebrospinal fluid: Cross reactivity or dual infection?

Detection of both herpes simplex and var

Detection of both herpes simplex and varicella-zoster viruses in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with encephalitis

✍ Casas, Inmaculada; Tenorio, Antonio; de Ory, Fernando; Lozano, Alvaro; Echevarrí 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 910 KB

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