Quantitation of Cytomegalovirus DNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum Specimens from AIDS Patients Using a Novel Highly Sensitive Nested Competitive PCR and the Cobas Amplicor CMV Monitor™

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-256

  Tarragó, David ^a,b   Mateos, María Luisa ^b   Avellón, Ana ^a   Pérez Vázquez, María Dolores ^a   Tenorio, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

CACM test; CMV viral load; Nested quantitative competitive PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA DETERMINATION; DYNAMICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 0345802988     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10538     Document Type: Article

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