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Rapid diagnosis of ocular herpes simplex infections.
BACKGROUND The Surecell herpes (HSV) test kit is a test for detecting the presence of herpes simplex viral antigen by means of a monoclonal antibody based immunoassay. The test has proved to be highly sensitive and specific in diagnosing genital, oral, and dermatological herpes infections. METHODS In this study, samples from patients with ocular keratitis were evaluated by tissue cultures and...
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H.erpesvirus hominis is a highly successful parasite, having developed a relationship to the host which assures its perpetuation without seriously disturbing the host population. From 50 to 90 per cent of the adult population has neutralizing antibodies to herpes simplex, indicating previous infection, but most of these affected individuals show no clinical manifestation of disease. Ocular herp...
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1 Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Department of Immunology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia 2Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4375, USA 3 INSERM U 1058, Université Montpellier 1, 34090 Montpellier, France 4Department of Pathology andMolecular Medicine, McM...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Mayo Clinic Proceedings
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0025-6196
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-6196(12)65515-3