Article
Comprehensive PCR-Based Assay for Detection and Species Identification of Human Herpesviruses
1 Jan 2000
Abstract excerpt
The description and evaluation of a PCR-based assay for the detection and species identification of the eight known human herpesviruses are presented. Two primer pairs targeting well-conserved regions of the genome allowed the amplification of the DNAs of all known human herpesviruses at a high level of sensitivity (10 to 100 genome copies for most viruses). Identification of the virus species was achieved...