Validation of Clinical Application of Cytomegalovirus Plasma DNA Load Measurement and Definition of Treatment Criteria by Analysis of Correlation to Antigen Detection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1498-1504

  Kalpoe, Jayant S ^a   Kroes, Aloys C M ^a   De Jong, Menno D ^b   Schinkel, Janke ^a   De Brouwer, Caroline S ^a   Beersma, Matthias F C ^a   Claas, Eric C J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VIRAL LOAD; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES;

EID: 16544384414     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1498-1504.2004     Document Type: Article

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