Bone Marrow Transplantation
Novel test detects early post-transplant cytomegalovirus infection
Published in Virus Weekly, April 9th, 2002
"Bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients at risk of developing cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis are identified routinely by the early detection of virus in blood," explained Dr. Yuri S. Boriskin and colleagues at the University of London's St. Georges Hospital.
Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for a CMV spliced late gene (SLG) is fast and accurate, Boriskin and coauthors found.
The researchers compared the...
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Source: Virus Weekly (2002-04-09)
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