Comparison of two quantitative real-time CMV-PCR tests calibrated against the 1st WHO international standard for viral load monitoring of renal transplant patients

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 576-584

  Mannonen, Laura ^a   Loginov, Raisa ^a   Helanterä, Ilkka ^a   Dumoulin, Alexis ^b   Vilchez, Regis A ^c,d   Cobb, Bryan ^c   Hirsch, Hans H ^b   Lautenschlager, Irmeli ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d ABBVIE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

CMV standardization; Cytomegalovirus; PCR; Viral load

Indexed keywords

CMV STANDARDIZATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; PCR; VIRAL LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84893757784     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23733     Document Type: Article

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