Molecular epidemiology of cytomegalovirus infection in kindergarten children

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-37

  Shen, Chen Yang ^a   Chang, Bao Li ^a   Chang, Shu Fen ^a   Yang, Show Lin ^a   Tseng, Su Ling ^a   Chen, Chi Yu ^a   Wu, Cheng Wen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Viral recurrence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS TYPING;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0029991979     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199601)48:1<33::AID-JMV5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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