Comparison of polymerase chain reaction and pp65 antigen test for early detection of human cytomegalovirus in blood leukocytes of cardiac transplant recipients

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-200

  Ghisetti, Valeria ^a   Barbui, Anna ^a   Donegani, Enrico ^b   Bobbio, Marco ^b   Caimmi, Philippe ^b   Pansini, Stefano ^b   Zattera, Giuseppe ^b   Pucci, Angela ^b   Di Summa, Michele ^b   Marchiaro, Giovanna ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV); Polymerase chain reaction; pp65 antigen test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343689955     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1996.tb00553.x     Document Type: Article

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