Problems and challenges in the diagnosis of vertical infection with human cytomegalovirus (CMV): Lessons from two accidental cases

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-288

  Berger, Annemarie ^a   Reitter, Anke ^a   Harter, Patrick N ^a   Buxmann, Horst ^a   Allwinn, Regina ^a   Louwen, Frank ^a   Doerr, Hans Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascites; Pregnancy; Primary infection; Reactivation; Secondary infection; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

CYTOTECT CP; EDETIC ACID; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; COUNSELING; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DELIVERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOTHER; NEUTROPHIL; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; TELENCEPHALON; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 79960062542     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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