Maternal IgG avidity and Igm detected by blot as diagnostic tools to identify pregnant women at risk of transmitting cytomegalovirus

Viral Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-141

  Lazzarotto, Tiziana ^a   Varani, Stefania ^a   Spezzacatena, Patrizia ^a   Gabrielli, Liliana ^a   Pradelli, Paola ^a   Guerra, Brunella ^a   Landini, Maria Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

EID: 0034098958     PISSN: 08828245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vim.2000.13.137     Document Type: Article

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