Varicella zoster virus DNA in throat swabs.
Open Access
- 1 March 1991
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 66 (3) , 333-334
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.66.3.333
Abstract
Eighty-one throat swabs from 18 patients infected with varicella were tested for varicella zoster virus DNA by the polymerase chain reaction. The positive rates were 26.2% (11/42) during the incubation period and 89.7% (35/39) after clinical onset. The results indicate the pharynx is a site for early replication of the virus.Keywords
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