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Detection of human cytomegalovirus DNA by real-time quantitative PCR
A Nitsche1, N Steuer, C A Schmidt
1Klinik für Innere Medizin m.S. Hämatologie und Onkologie, Charité-Campus Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|July 6, 2000
Abstract:
A real-time PCR assay was developed to quantify human cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA. This assay was used to demonstrate a higher CMV DNA load in plasma of bone marrow transplant patients than in that of blood donors. The CMV load was higher in CMV antigen-positive patients than in antigen-negative patients.