Monitoring of active HHV-6 infection in bone marrow transplant recipients by real time PCR; comparison to detection of viral DNA in plasma by qualitative PCR

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 701-705

  Ihira, Masaru ^a   Yoshikawa, Tetsushi ^a   Suzuki, Kyoko ^a   Ohashi, Masahiro ^a   Suga, Sadao ^a   Horibe, Keizo ^a   Tanaka, Naoko ^a   Kimura, Hiroshi ^a   Kojima, Seiji ^a   Kato, Koji ^a   Matsuyama, Takaharu ^a   Nishiyama, Yukihiro ^a   Asano, Yoshizo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; HHV 6; Plasma PCR; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIREMIA;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6;

EID: 0036034582     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02754.x     Document Type: Article

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