Longitudinal monitoring of latent and active human cytomegalovirus infections in peripheral blood of heart transplant recipients by single-tube nested RT-PCR

Microbiological Research

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-349

  Wolff, Dietmar ^a   Skourtopoulos, Menelaos ^a   Hörnschemeyer, Dirk ^a   Wolff, Carsten ^a   Körner, Michael ^a   Körfer, Reiner ^a   Kleesiek, Knut ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

antiviral therapy; early diagnosis; ganciclovir; immunosuppression; patient management; trehalose

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 0030454245     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-5013(96)80002-4     Document Type: Article

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