title: Comparison of the artus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) PCR kit and the Abbott RealTime EBV assay for measuring plasma EBV DNA loads in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients.
abstract: The ability of the artus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) PCR kit and the Abbott RealTime EBV PCR assay to detect and quantify plasma EBV DNAemia was compared. The agreement between these assays was 95.8%. The EBV DNA loads measured by the two assays significantly correlated (P=< 0.0001).
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Fundación INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Víctor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vinuesa
authors.affiliation: Haematology Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Fundación INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Solano
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Fundación INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Estela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giménez
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Fundación INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain; Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: david.navarro@uv.es.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Navarro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000821:virology*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D010949:Plasma / Q000821:virology; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D066027:Transplant Recipients; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D019562:Viral Load / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral
keywords: Commercially-available EBV PCR assays; Epstein–Barr virus; Plasma EBV DNAemia; Real-time PCR