Clinical evaluation of a quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction assay for diagnosis of primary Epstein-Barr virus infection in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 736-739

  Pitetti, Raymond D ^a   Laus, Stella ^c   Wadowsky, Robert M ^b,d  

^a Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Endocrinology   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Infectious mononucleosis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; TAQ POLYMERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0042737568     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000078157.90639.96     Document Type: Article

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