Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis for Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Detection by Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Genetics and Molecular Research - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
The current work demonstrated about the clinical relevance of the molecular characterization of Herpes Simplex Virus in CSF specimens for the detection of Neurotrophic virus i.e. HSV genotypes 1 & 2 in Meningitis/ encephalitis cases.
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Narotam Sharma
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