Detection of EBV-DNA in serum samples of an immunosuppressed child during a three years follow-up: Association of clinical and PCR data with active infection

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-102

  Okay, Thelma Suely ^a,b   Del Negro, Gilda Maria Barbaro ^a   Yamamoto, Lídia ^a   Raiz Jr , Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

EBV reactivation; EBV viral load; EBV PCR; VCA antibodies

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; DNA FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; JAUNDICE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UVEITIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 18544372267     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652005000200008     Document Type: Article

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