Analysis of a quantitative PCR assay for CMV infection in liver transplant recipients: An intent to find the optimal cut-off value

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-144

  Martin Davila P ^a,b   Fortun J ^a   Gutierrez C ^a   Marti Belda P ^a   Candelas, A ^a   Honrubia, A ^a   Barcena, R ^a   Martinez A ^a   Puente, A ^a   De Vicente, E ^a   Moreno, S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas Planta 4 Centro Control A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antigenemia; Cytomegalovirus; Quantitative PCR; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 21144437394     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.09.032     Document Type: Article

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