Genotyping of herpes simplex virus type
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Kenichi Umene; Tomoyuki Inoue; Yoshitsugu Inoue; Yoshikazu Shimomura
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV‐1) is the etiological agent of herpetic keratitis. The epithelial form (“epithelial keratitis”) is attributed mainly to destruction of the epithelium through active viral replication within the epithelium. The stromal form (“stromal keratitis”) is associ