Rapid cytomegalovirus pp65 antigenemia assay by direct erythrocyte lysis and immunofluorescence staining

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 638-640

  Ho, Stephen K N ^a   Lo, Chi Yuen ^a   Cheng, Ignatius K P ^a   Chan, Tak Mao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ISOLATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0031914931     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.3.638-640.1998     Document Type: Article

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