Optimal recovery of cytomegalovirus from urine as a function of specimen preparation

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 337-342

  Bennion, Debra W ^a   Wright, Larry J ^a   Watt, Ryan A ^a   Whiting, April A ^a   Carlquist, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; URINALYSIS; URINE SEDIMENT; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0031782417     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(98)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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