Detection of cytomegalovirus dna in serum correlates with clinical cytomegalovirus retinitis in AIDS

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1271-1274

  Hansen, Karen Kaae ^a,b   Ricksten, Anne ^a,b   Hofmann, Bo ^a,b   Norrild, Bodil ^a,b   Olofsson, Sigvard ^a,b   Mathiesen, Lars ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORIORETINITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028063412     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/170.5.1271     Document Type: Article

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