Detection of Human Cytomegalovirus in Neonatal Hepatitis by Nested PCR
Abstract: ixty-one children patients with neonatal hepatitis were investigated for human cytomesalovirus(HCMV)by single PCR and nested double PCR.of the 61 patients,33(54.1%)were positive forHCMV by single PCR,whereas 47(77.0%)were positive by nested double PCR.This showed that nest-ed double PCR is more sensitive than single PCR,and also revealed that HCMV can be one of the important agents for neonatal hepotitis.In addition,its advantage of high sensitivity and specificty com-bined with more rapid detection suggests that this precedure can be a potential diagnostic and epidemio-logical tool.