G. Gerna

TL;DR: Follow-up of HCMV infections in heart transplant recipients showed that PCR can detect viral appearance in blood 7-10 days earlier than assays for antigenemia/viremia, and viral disappearance from blood, as assessed by PCR, occurred weeks or months later than revealed by other assays.

TL;DR: Comparison of the staining capabilities of three MAbs to pp65 with a commercially available MAb for determination of HCMV antigenemia showed that, while individual MAbs did not provide better results, the pool of MAbs detected a significantly higher number of positive peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes than Clonab CMV did.

TL;DR: The number of HCMV‐specific CD4+ and CD8+ T‐cells detected prior to transplantation significantly correlated with time to T‐cell immunity restoration, in that higher HCMv‐specific T‐ cell counts predicted earlier immune restoration.

TL;DR: Two new human rotavirus strains, PA151 and PA169, with subgroup I specificity and a long RNA pattern, yet with a serotype G (VP7) specificity different from those of any of the six well-established HRV serotypes are taken into consideration when deciding strategies for the development of an effective RV vaccine.

TL;DR: From a diagnostic standpoint, quantitative determination of plasmaDNAemia appears to represent a much less sensitive parameter than that of leukoDNAemia (or antigenemia) for monitoring HCMV infections and antiviral treatment.