PCR real time assays for the early detection of BKV-DNA in immunocompromised patients

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-278

  Marinelli, Katia ^a   Bagnarelli, Patrizia ^a   Gaffi, Gianni ^b   Trappolini, Silvia ^b   Leoni, Pietro ^b   Paggi, Alessandra Mataloni ^b   Della Vittoria, Agnese ^b   Scalise, Giorgio ^b   Varaldo, Pietro Emanuele ^a   Menzo, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nephropathy; Polyomavirus; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BK VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

BK POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 34547959166     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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