Interstrain variations in the cytomegalovirus (CMV) glycoprotein B gene sequence among CMV-infected children attending six day care centers

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 606-609

  Lasry, Serge ^b   Dény, Paul ^a   Asselot, Catherine ^b   Rauzy, Monique ^b   Boucher, Jeanne ^b   Guyot, Chantai ^b   Leroux, Marie Claude ^b   Livartowski, Alain ^b   Reinert, Philippe ^b   Nicolas, Jean Claude ^b  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DAY CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 19244364135     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.3.606     Document Type: Article

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