Comparison of culture and the antigenemia assay for detection of cytomegalovirus in blood specimens submitted to a reference laboratory

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1819-1821

  Brumback, Brenda G ^a   Bolejack, Susan N ^a   Morris, Marija V ^a   Mohla, Chitra ^b   Shutzbank, Ted E ^b  

^a QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0030950666     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1819-1821.1997     Document Type: Article

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