Molecular Analysis of the Human Cytomegalovirus Strains Isolated from Infected Infants

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 373-383

  Augustynowicz, Ewa ^a,b   Dzierzanowska, Danuta ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GANCICLOVIR; GLYCOPROTEIN B, TYPE 1 HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; URINE; VIROLOGY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECURRENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; URINE; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032249862     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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