2-Hour cytomegalovirus pp65 antigenemia assay for rapid quantitation of cytomegalovirus in blood samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 427-428

  Landry, Marie L ^a   Ferguson, David ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 0033981430     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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