High-level sensitivity of quantitative pp65 cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia assay for diagnosis of CMV disease in AIDS patients and follow-up

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 457-459

  Bek, Barbara ^a   Boeckh, Michael ^c   Lepenies, Julia ^a   Bieniek, Bernhard ^b   Arasteh, Keikawus ^b   Heise, Walter ^a   Deppermann, Karl Matthias ^a   Bornhoft, Gudrun ^a   Stoffler Meilicke M ^a   Schuller, Irmela ^a   Höffken, Gert ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Vivantes Auguste Viktoria Klinikum   (Germany)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS; VIROLOGY;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0030064827     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.457-459.1996     Document Type: Article

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