Diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection by detection of viral DNA in urine pools

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Paixão, Paulo ^b   Almeida, Sofia ^a   Gouveia, Paula ^a   Binda, Sandro ^c   Caroppo, Simona ^c   Barbi, Maria ^c  

^a Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; HCMV; Pool; Screening; Urine

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; VIRUS CULTURE;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DORCATRAGUS MEGALOTIS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 22144497682     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2005.02.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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