Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Human Cytomegalovirus Infection in Amniotic Fluid by Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification Assay
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- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (4), 1772-1774
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.41.4.1772-1774.2003
Abstract
Nucleic acid sequence-based amplification assays for detection of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) immediate-early and pp67 mRNA in 65 amniotic fluid samples tested for prenatal diagnosis of congenital HCMV infection showed sensitivity, specificity, and negative and positive predictive values >90%.Keywords
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