Comparison of two commercial methods for measurement of cytomegalovirus load in blood samples after renal transplantation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1209-1213

  Tong, C Y William ^a   Cuevas, Luis E ^b   Williams, Helen ^a   Bakran, Ali ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; MUREX; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 0034048960     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1209-1213.2000     Document Type: Article

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