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Comparison of an immortalized human corneal epithelial cell line with Vero cells in the isolation of Herpes simplex virus-1 for the laboratory diagnosis of Herpes simplex keratitis

BACKGROUND: Herpes simplex keratitis (HSK) is a sight threatening ocular infection often requiring a specific and prompt laboratory diagnosis. Isolation of Herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) in culture provides the most reliable and specific method and is considered as the "Gold Standard" in the...

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Autores principales: Athmanathan, Sreedharan, B Reddy, Sesha, Nutheti, Rishita, Rao, Gullapalli N
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC113264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11983023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2415-2-3