A Bitsch
University of Lübeck
6 Papers
20 Citations
A Bitsch is an academic researcher from University of Lübeck. The author has contributed to research in topics: Human cytomegalovirus & Betaherpesvirinae. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 6 publications.
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Papers
Detection and quantification of latently infected B lymphocytes in Epstein-Barr virus-seropositive, healthy individuals by polymerase chain reaction.
TL;DR: The results of this study will provide the basis for further investigations of the characteristics of the latent carrier state in healthy EBV-seropositive individuals, such as the determination of the number of virus copies per cell and expression of antigens.
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Cytomegalovirus Transcripts in Peripheral Blood Leukocytes of Actively Infected Transplant Patients Detected by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction
TL;DR: It is suggested that during active infection, CMV replicates in PBL and, furthermore, that a detailed analysis of mRNA patterns may make it possible to identify those patients at highest risk of developing symptomatic infection.
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Failure to detect human cytomegalovirus DNA in peripheral blood leukocytes of healthy blood donors by the polymerase chain reaction.
TL;DR: It can be concluded that the CMV genome copy number in the peripheral blood leukocytes of healthy individuals is beyond the detection limit of current PCR technology.
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The long persistence of CMV DNA in the blood of renal transplant patients after recovery from CMV infection.
A Bitsch,Holger Kirchner,Reinhard H. Dennin,J. Hoyer,Lutz Fricke,Jürgen Steinhoff,K. Sack,Gregor Bein +7 more
TL;DR: This work has shown the direct detection of pp65 antigen in peripheral blood leukocytes to be an excellent marker for active cytomegalovirus infection and aims to establish whether the detection of CMV DNA by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) sup is feasible.
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A longitudinal prospective study of cytomegalovirus pp65 antigenemia in renal transplant recipients.
Gregor Bein,A Bitsch,J. Hoyer,Jiirgen Steinhoff,Lutz Fricke,Hannelore Machnik,Reinhard H. Dennin,Holger Kirchner +7 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that the detection of CMV pp65 antigen in peripheral blood leukocytes is an excellent tool for rapid and early diagnosis ofCMV infection.
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