Comparison of assays to detect cytomegalovirus shedding in the semen of HIV-infected men

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-191

  Diamond, Catherine ^a,b,d   Speck, Carl ^a   Huang, Meei Li ^b   Corey, Lawrence ^b,c   Coombs, Robert W ^c   Krieger, John N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4+; Cytomegalovirus (CMV); HIV 1; Homosexual men; Semen; Viral infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; VIROLOGY;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0033744717     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(00)00232-9     Document Type: Article

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