Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an important pathogen in transplant recipients and human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals. Major progress has been made in …

Nucleoside analogues such as acyclovir and ganciclovir have been the mainstay of therapy
for alphaherpesviruses (herpes simplex virus (HSV) and varicella-zoster virus (VZV)) and …

Three seropositive pediatric recipients of allogeneic stem cell transplantation out of a group
of 42 patients receiving T-cell–depleted, unrelated transplants and 37 patients receiving T …

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and a molecular beacon probe were used for the
detection of Adenovirus. A 307 bp DNA fragment from a conserved region of the hexon gene …

Background. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) resistance to ganciclovir has become increasingly
common in acquired immu; nodeficiency syndrome patients but has only rarely been …

Selection of human cytomegalovirus variants in the presence of ganciclovir or foscarnet led
to 18 DNA polymerase mutations, 14 of which had not been previously studied. Using …

The incidence of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) disease in AIDS patients decreased
dramatically after the introduction, a few years ago, of highly active antiretroviral combination …

The AMPLICOR cytomegalovirus (CMV) test, a new qualitative assay for the detection of
CMV DNA in plasma, was compared to conventional methods and quantitative PCR (Q …

The cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA load was determined in polymorphonuclear leukocytes
(PMNL) and plasma samples from 106 human immunodeficiency virus-infected subjects at …

Background: Quantification of viral load in blood has proven to be helpful in the follow-up of
disseminated HCMV infections in immunocompromised patients. Objectives:(i) To describe …