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Analysis of human cytomegalovirus strain populations in urine samples of newborns by ultra deep sequencing.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Dec 2015
Görzer Irene, Trajanoski Slave, Popow-Kraupp Theresia, Puchhammer-Stöckl Elisabeth
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BACKGROUND: Different human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strains may persistently coexist in the human host. In immunosuppressed patients infection with mixed HCMV populations was associated with a more severe course of infection. Congenital HCMV infection may lead to severe fetal disease and possibly mixed HCMV strain infections might have also impact on the clinical consequences for the newborn. Mixed HCMV strain...
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