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Comparison of the new Abbott Real Time CMV assay and the Abbott CMV PCR Kit for the quantitation of plasma cytomegalovirus DNAemia

David NavarroMaría ÁNgeles ClariBeatriz Muñoz-coboElisa CostaOmar J. Benmarzouk-hidalgoEstela GiménezMaría José RemigiaPilar Pérez-romeroDayana BravoCarlos Solano

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Microbiology (medical)business.industryCongenital cytomegalovirus infectionCytomegalovirusvirus diseasesGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseasePolymerase Chain ReactionVirologylaw.inventionInfectious DiseasesReal-time polymerase chain reactionlawCytomegalovirus InfectionsDNA ViralLinear ModelsmedicineHumansCytomegalovirus infectionsDna viralbusinessPolymerase chain reaction

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CMV DNA loads measured by the new Abbott RealTime CMV PCR were significantly higher than those quantitated by the Abbott CMV PCR kit (approximately 1 log(10)), and provided a better estimate of the actual CMV load present in plasma specimens as inferred by the use of the WHO standard.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-08-21Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.10.010