Evaluation of diagnostic tests for cytomegalovirus active infection in renal transplant recipients

Abstract Introduction: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a main viral infection after kidney transplantation. The diagnostic methods currently employed are pp65 antigenemia and nucleic acid amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and aim at detecting viral replication. Objective: The goa...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Fontanive Franco, Rosangela Munhoz Montenegro, Alice Beatriz Mombach Pinheiro Machado, Fernanda de Paris, Denise Silva Menezes, Roberto Ceratti Manfro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
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