Diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection by detection of viral DNA in dried blood spots

Clinical and Diagnostic Virology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-32

  Barbi, Maria ^a   Binda, Sandro ^a   Primache, Valeria ^a   Luraschi, Cristina ^a   Corbetta, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ICP   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; Cytomegalovirus; Guthrie cards; PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

EID: 0030175665     PISSN: 09280197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-0197(96)00228-0     Document Type: Article

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