Quantitation of cytomegalovirus DNA and characterization of viral gene expression in bronchoalveolar cells of infected patients with and without pneumonitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1304-1312

  Boivin, Guy ^a,c   Olson, Carol A ^a,d   Quirk, Mary R ^a   Kringstad, Barbara ^a   Hertz, Marshall I ^a   Colin Jordan, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0029799264     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.6.1304     Document Type: Article

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