Citation

Alexander RC, Cabirac G, Lowenkopf T, Casanova M, Kleinman J, Wyatt RJ, Kirch DG. Acta Psychiatr. Scand. 1992; 86(5): 418-420.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1600-0447.1992.tb03290.x

PMID

1336636

Abstract

The highly sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to search for herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-I) or varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in the DNA extracted from postmortem temporal cortex samples of 8 schizophrenic subjects, 8 nonschizophrenic suicide victims and 8 normal controls. HSV-I or VZV-specific DNA amplification was not detected in any of the samples studied.

Language: en

Keywords

Base Sequence; Female; Herpesvirus 3, Human; Humans; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Schizophrenia; Simplexvirus; Suicide; Temporal Lobe