Detection of EBV-DNA in serum samples of an immunosuppressed child during a three years follow-up: association of clinical and PCR data with active infection Detecção de EBV-DNA em amostras de soro de criança imunodeprimida durante três anos de seguimento: associação de dados clínicos e de PCR com a infecção ativa

Detection of EBV-DNA in serum samples of an immunosuppressed child during a three years follow-up: association of clinical and PCR data with active infection Detecção de EBV-DNA em amostras de soro de criança imunodeprimida durante três anos de seguimento: associação de dados clínicos e de PCR com a infecção ativa

Twenty-four whole blood and serum samples were drawn from an eight year-old heart transplant child during a 36 months follow-up. EBV serology was positive for VCA-IgM and IgG, and negative for EBNA-IgG at the age of five years old when the child presented with signs and symptoms suggestive of acute...

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Main Authors: Thelma Suely Okay, Gilda Maria Barbaro Del Negro, Lídia Yamamoto, Roberto Raiz Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2005-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
EBV-PCR
EBV viral load
EBV reactivation
VCA antibodies
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