The development of a quantitative PCR ELISA to determine HCMV DNAaemia levels in heart, heart/lung and lung transplant recipients

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-97

  Barber, L ^a   Egan, J J ^b   Turner, A J ^a   Guiver, M ^a   Woodcock, A A ^b   Yonan, N ^b   Deiraniya, A K ^b   Fox, A J ^a  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Human cytomegalovirus; Polymerase chain reaction; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TECHNIQUE; VIRUS LOAD;

BASE SEQUENCE; CALIBRATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIREMIA;

EID: 0032835431     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(99)00087-7     Document Type: Article

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