Cytomegalovirus infection in immunocompetent patients. Clinical and immunological considerations;Malattia da Citomegalovirus nell'ospite immunocompetente. Considerazioni clinico-immunologiche

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-15

  Colomba, Claudia ^a   Lalicata, Francesco ^a   Siracusa, Lucia ^a   Saporito, Laura ^a   di Bona, Danilo ^b   Giammanco, Giovanni ^a   de Grazia, Simona ^a   Titone, Lucina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CMV; Herpesvirus; Immunocompetent host

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859810083     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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