Frequent detection of cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus in cervical secretions from healthy young women

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 706-710

  Berntsson, Matilda ^a   Dubicanac, Lejla ^a   Tunbäck, Petra ^a   Ellström, Agneta ^a   Löwhagen, Gun Britt ^a   Bergström, Tomas ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Epstein Barr virus; herpes simplex virus; polymerase chain reaction; viral transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODILY SECRETIONS; CERVICAL SECRETION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DNA VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GENOME; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADULT; CERVIX MUCUS; CERVIX UTERI; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878030513     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12134     Document Type: Article

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