A novel real-time PCR method for determination and quantification of each cytomegalovirus glycoprotein H subtype in clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 499-501

  Ikuta, Kazufumi ^a   Ishioka, Ken ^a   Sato, Yuka ^a   Imamura, Takashi ^a   Asano, Kimisato ^a   Koyano, Shin ^b   Inoue, Naoki ^c   Suzutani, Tatsuo ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN H; PLASMID DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REINFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

COINFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIROLOGY;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

EID: 84856183225     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06032-11     Document Type: Article

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