Evaluation of the AmpliSensor PCR and the SHARP signal detection system for the early prediction of symptomatic CMV infection in solid transplant recipients

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 81-94

  Rautenberg, Peter ^a   Lübbert, Christoph ^a   Weers, Wiebke ^a   Boetel, Eric ^a   Schweichler, Jörg ^a   Zhou, Lin ^b   Costard Jäckle, Angelika ^a   Kraemer Hansen, Heike ^a   Harder, Timm C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

AmpliSensor PCR; Detection system; Quantitative PCR monitoring; SHARP signal; Solid organ recipients

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; FLUOROMETRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; LEUKOCYTE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0344758349     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(99)00013-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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