Detection of varicella-zoster virus DNA by polymerase chain reaction in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients suffering from neurological complications associated with chicken pox or herpes zoster.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on July 01, 1991

Authors

E Puchhammer-Stöckl1, T Popow-Kraupp, F X Heinz, C W Mandl, C Kunz

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Virology, University of Vienna, Austria.

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