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Human cytomegalovirus load in the peripheral blood determined by quantitative competitive polymerase chain reaction.
Acta microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica - 1 Jan 2001
Szöke K, Szládek G, Szarka K, Juhász A, Veress G, Gergely L, Kónya J
Abstract excerpt
Primary human cytomegalovirus infection and the viral reactivation from latency are major complications in organ transplant recipients. In the peripheral blood the replicating virus can be detected either by nucleic acid based tests or by demonstrating the HCMV structural proteins in antigenemia test. We developed a quantitative competitive PCR method to assess the HCMV load in the peripheral blood. The viral...
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