Detection, quantification and genotyping of Herpes Simplex Virus in cervicovaginal secretions by real-time PCR: a cross sectional survey

Abstract Background Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Genital Ulcer Disease Link Assembly (GUD) is an important public health problem, whose interaction with HIV results in mutually enhancing epidemics.Conventional methods for detecting HSV tend to be slow and insensitive.We designed a rapid PCR-based assay to quantify and type HSV in cervicovaginal lavag

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An Intra-Abdominal Desmoid Tumor, Embedded in the Pancreas, Preoperatively Diagnosed as an Extragastric Growing Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

A 45-year-old woman was found to have a pancreatic tumor by abdominal ultrasound performed for a medical check-up.Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a hypovascular tumor measuring 30 mm in diameter in the pancreatic tail.Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration was performed.An extragastric growing gastrointestinal st

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