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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Comparison of the artus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) PCR kit and the Abbott RealTime EBV assay for measuring plasma EBV DNA loads in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients.

Víctor VinuesaEstela GiménezCarlos SolanoDavid Navarro

subject

0301 basic medicineMicrobiology (medical)AdultEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsHerpesvirus 4 Human030106 microbiologyPcr assayBiologymedicine.disease_causeVirus03 medical and health sciencesPlasmahemic and lymphatic diseasesmedicineHumansTransplantation HomologousGeneral MedicineViral LoadEpstein–Barr virusVirologyTransplant Recipients030104 developmental biologyInfectious DiseasesReal-time polymerase chain reactionMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesDNA ViralStem cellStem Cell Transplantation

description

The ability of the artus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) PCR kit and the Abbott RealTime EBV PCR assay to detect and quantify plasma EBV DNAemia was compared. The agreement between these assays was 95.8%. The EBV DNA loads measured by the two assays significantly correlated (P=< 0.0001).

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-05-01Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.02.010https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28274502