Overview of the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection

Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 466-474

  Ross, S A ^a   Novak, Z ^a   Pati, S ^a   Boppana, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; Cytomegalovirus; Diagnosis; Fetus; Immunocompromised; Maternal infection

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGEN PP65; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AMNION FLUID; ANTIGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PERINATAL INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 80054106582     PISSN: 18715265     EISSN: 18755852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152611797636703     Document Type: Article

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