Diagnosis of human cytomegalovirus infection: laboratory approaches

ES Huang, TF Kowalik - Molecular Aspects of Human Cytomegalovirus …, 1993 - Springer
The association of cytomegalovirus (CMV) with a plethora of diseases and the recent
development of potent anti-CMV compounds warrants the need for accurate verification of …

Newer methods for diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection

S Chou - Reviews of infectious diseases, 1990 - academic.oup.com
Recently developed techniques have greatly increased the sensitivity and speed of
detection of CMV and of host antibody responses to it. Newer serologic assays such as …

Diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection

WL Drew - Reviews of infectious diseases, 1988 - academic.oup.com
Diagnostic procedures for documenting cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection include culture,
cytology, serology, and the detection of CMV antigens and/or nucleic acids within infected …

Detection of human cytomegalovirus DNA and viral antigens in tissues of different manifestations of CMV infection

B Borisch, G Jahn, BC Scholl, J Filger-Brillinger… - Virchows Archiv B, 1988 - Springer
Biopsy and autopsy specimens from 22 patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections were
investigated by means of in situ hybridization (ISH) to detect viral DNA and by …

Use of Viral Cultures and Serologic Tests for Cytomegalovirus Infection: Rational or Random?

WE Mangano, RP Gruninger - American journal of clinical …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
To assess their applied clinical utility, viral cultures and serological tests for cytomegalovirus
(CMV) were reviewed at Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), a 1,125-bed tertiary-care …

Human Cytomegalovirus Infection A Complex Diagnostic Problem in which Molecular Biology Has Induced a Rapid Evolution

P Dal Monte, T Lazzarotto, A Ripalti, MP Landini - Intervirology, 1996 - karger.com
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is associated with several diseases in
immunocompromised individuals. CMV infection can be diagnosed directly by …

Detection of human cytomegalovirus genome in uterus tissue

T Furukawa, F Jisaki, D Sakamuro, T Takegami… - Archives of …, 1994 - Springer
To analyze persistent infection by human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in vivo, specimens
obtained from various sources and autopsied organs were examined for the presence of …

An improved immunocytochemical method for the detection of human cytomegalovirus antigens in peripheral blood leucocytes

NM Jiwa, FM Van de Rijke, A Mulder, W Van der Bij… - Histochemistry, 1989 - Springer
A recently described immunoperoxidase method for the detection of nuclear human
cytomegalovirus (HCMV) immediate early antigen (IEA) directly on periphiral blood …

Polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of human cytomegalovirus

DM Olive, M Simsek, S Al-Mufti - Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1989 - Am Soc Microbiol
Direct detection of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) from clinical specimens was examined
by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for amplifying HCMV DNA. The efficiency of …

Detection of human cytomegalovirus and analysis of strain variation.

ES Huang, BA Kilpatrick, YT Huang… - The Yale Journal of …, 1976 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Human CMV has been isolated from saliva, urine, blood, human milk, cervical secretions,
various tissue specimens, and even from human semen (30, 43). In con-genital and …