Open AccessDetección de citomegalovirus en plasma de pacientes con VIH mediante PCR dúplex en tiempo real
Author(s) -
Hilda Alicia Valdez-Salazar,
Nancy Sánchez-Nájera,
Rosa María RibasAparicio,
Ericka N. Pompa-Mera,
José Antonio MataMarín,
Alejandro GómezDelgado,
Penélope Aguilera,
Martha Eugenia Ruiz-Tachiquín
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista medica del instituto mexicano del seguro social/revista médica del instituto mexicano del seguro social
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2448-5667
pISSN - 0443-5117
DOI - 10.24875/rmimss.m20000013
Subject(s) - physics
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is able to cause serious and even deadly diseases in immunocompromised patients. It is important to have a sensitive, specific and molecular viral tests for its detection, using as targets, key genes for viral replication. The following genes have been used in the molecular detection of CMV: UL122 (replication) and UL83 (most abundant protein of the tegument).