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Study of mother-to-child Epstein-Barr virus transmission by means of nested PCRs
1 Oct 1996
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of vertical Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transmission. We developed two nested-PCR methods for amplifying distinct regions of EBV DNA (BNRF1 and BamHI W) in circulating lymphocytes. Nested PCR was applied to samples obtained from 67 mother-infant pairs within 1 week of birth. We also tested samples from 16 neonates born to human immunodeficiency virus...
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