Molecular Epidemiology of Cytomegalovirus Infections in Women and Their Infants

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 303, Issue 17, 1980, Pages 958-962

  Huang, Eng Shang ^a   Alford, Charles A ^a   Reynolds, David W ^a   Stagno, Sergio ^a   Pass, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NEWBORN; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0018953385     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198010233031702     Document Type: Article

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