PCR DETECTION OF HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS DNA IN CLINICAL SPECIMENS USING NOVEL UL37 EXON-3 AND US3 PRIMERS

Authors
LESPERANCE MM CONTOPOULOSIOANNIDIS DG GUTIERREZ MD COLBERGPOLEY AM
Citation
Mm. Lesperance et al., PCR DETECTION OF HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS DNA IN CLINICAL SPECIMENS USING NOVEL UL37 EXON-3 AND US3 PRIMERS, Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology, 5(2), 1998, pp. 256-258
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases",Microbiology
Journal title
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology → ACNP
ISSN journal
1071412X
Volume
5
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
256 - 258
Database
ISI
SICI code
1071-412X(1998)5:2<256:PDOHCD>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The sensitivity and specificity of novel UL37 exon 3 (UL37x3) and US3 immediate-early (IE) gene PCR primers to detect human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) DNA in clinical specimens are comparable to those of HCMV DNA p olymerase (UL54) primers. The use of these IE primers increases the di agnostic performance of HCMV PCR.