Cytomegalovirus isolation by conventional cell culture and shell vial assay

Medicina

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 825-829

  Galiano, Monica C ^a   Videla, Cristina M ^a   Sanchez Puch, Silvia ^a   Carballal, Guadalupe ^a  

^a CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Diagnosis; Isolation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIRUS CULTURE;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0035697615     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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