Quantitation of cytomegalovirus DNA load in dried blood spots correlates well with plasma viral load.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on May 15, 2013

Authors

Ajit P Limaye1, Tracy K Santo Hayes, Meei-Li Huang, Amalia Magaret, Michael Boeckh, Keith R Jerome

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Washington, USA. limaye@u.washington.edu

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