Article
Human cytomegalovirus and acute rejection after heart transplantation are not directly associated.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 1996
Boriskin Y S, Booth J C, Corbishley C M, Madden B P, McKenna W J, Murday A J, Steel H M
Abstract excerpt
Retrospective and prospective analyses of heart transplant recipients showed no significant association between acute rejection and the detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection by culture or the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for viral DNA, neither on grounds of the incidence of both conditi...
Topics
- Cytomegalovirus
- Cytomegalovirus Infections
- DNA, Viral
- Genetic Variation
- Graft Rejection
- Heart Transplantation
- Humans
- Longitudinal Studies
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Prospective Studies
- Retrospective Studies