Detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) by digital PCR in stool samples for the non-invasive diagnosis of CMV gastroenteritis

Abstract Background CMV gastroenteritis is common in patients receiving allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and it is difficult to distinguish from acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD), which has very similar symptoms but needs quite different treatment. CMV gastroenteritis is caus...

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Main Authors: Jia Gu, Hongyan Ji, Tongyuan Liu, Caixia Chen, Siye Zhao, Yang Cao, Na Wang, Min Xiao, Liting Chen, Haodong Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:Virology Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-022-01913-z