Study of mother-to-child Epstein-Barr virus transmission by means of nested PCRs

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 6816-6819

  Meyohas, Marie Caroline ^a,b   Maréchal, Vincent ^b   Desire, Nathalie ^b   Bouillie, Jacques ^a   Frottier, Jacques ^a   Nicolas, Jean Claude ^b  

^a HÔPITAL ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029794381     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.10.6816-6819.1996     Document Type: Article

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