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Prevalence of herpes simplex virus-1 in hospitalized adult patients with clinical diagnosis of meningoencephalitis using real-time polymerase chain reaction: A single-center, cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis of herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) meningoencephalitis is very important because antiviral therapy significantly decreases mortality and morbidity. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a reliable method with high sensitivity and specificity in detection of HSV-1. The aim of...

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Autores principales: Shirani, Kiana, Khorvash, Farzin, Naeini, Alireza Emami, Valiyan Boroujeni, Majid, Yazdani, Mohammadreza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6383335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30815020
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jrms.JRMS_370_17

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