Avidity of IgG antibodies distinguishes primary from non-primary cytomegalovirus infection in pregnant women

Clinical and Diagnostic Virology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-16

  Bodéus, Monique ^a   Feyder, Sandra ^a   Goubau, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avidity index; HCMV; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UREA; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 0342358191     PISSN: 09280197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-0197(97)10016-2     Document Type: Article

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