Combination of microneutralization and avidity assays: Improved diagnosis of recent primary human cytomegalovirus infection in single serum sample of second trimester pregnancy

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 324-330

  Eggers, Maren ^a   Bäder, Ursula ^a   Enders, Gisela ^a,b  

^a Labor Enders und Partner   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Virologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avidity index; HCMV; Neutralizing antibodies; Primary infection in pregnancy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0342948846     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(200003)60:3<324::AID-JMV11>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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