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Diagnosis of herpes simplex virus infections in the clinical laboratory by LightCycler PCR.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2000
Espy M J, Uhl J R, Mitchell P S, Thorvilson J N, Svien K A, Wold A D, Smith T F
Abstract excerpt
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) causes several clinical manifestations in both normal and immunocompromised hosts; this agent is the most frequently detected virus in diagnostic laboratories. Recovery of the virus in cell culture is considered the "gold standard" for detection of this virus from sources other than cerebrospinal fluid. LightCycler is a newly developed, commercially available system designed to rapidly...
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