Diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infections by qualitative and quantitative PCR in HIV infected patients

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 127-132

  Cunha, Aldo de Albuquerque ^b   Marin, Lauro Juliano ^b   Aquino, Victor Hugo ^b   Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu Moraes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CMV; HIV patients; Semiquantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0036559704     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652002000300003     Document Type: Article

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