Serum Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) viral load can be a complementary sensitive test in primary Epstein-Barr virus infection

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-185

  Berth, Mario ^a   Vanheule, Geert ^a   Depuydt, Christophe ^b   Benoy, Ina ^b  

^a Algemeen Medisch Laboratorium   (Belgium)

^b Center for Molecular Diagnostics   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Immunocompetent patients; Infectious mononucleosis; Real time PCR; Seroconversion; Viral load

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA DETERMINATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MONONUCLEOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAPSID; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS NUCLEAR ANTIGENS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 78951471559     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.11.002     Document Type: Letter

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