Catch Me If You Can-How Herpes Simplex Virus Tries to Evade Diagnosis in Viral Encephalitis

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Michael A Pizzi et al. Crit Care Med. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 1;50(7):1170-1173.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005501. Epub 2022 Jun 13.

¹ Both authors: Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Division of Neurocritical Care, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL.

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The authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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