Evaluation of screening tests for congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-184

  Inoue, Naoki ^a   Koyano, Shin ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; Cytomegalovirus; Screening; Viral loads

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; URINALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINE; VIROLOGY;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 40949139368     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318161a2d5     Document Type: Article

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