Open AccessRelative efficiency of polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay in determination of viral etiology in congenital cataract in infants
Author(s) -
G. Shyamala,
P. Sowmya,
H. N. Madhavan,
Jambulingam Malathi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.39184
Subject(s) - medicine , cytomegalovirus , rubella virus , polymerase chain reaction , serology , virology , rubella , etiology , antibody , herpes simplex virus , virus , reverse transcriptase , immunology , herpesviridae , viral disease , pathology , biology , vaccination , gene , measles , biochemistry
Perinatal viral infections of fetus are among the leading causes of congenital cataract and identifying the viral etiology is important.