Immunohistochemical Expression of CMV pp65 in Childhood Hepatitis

ISBN-13: 9783330001398 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 124 str.

Hussam Hussain Lazim; Haider Sabah Kadhim; Hala Sameh Arif

Opis

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the largest member of betaherpesviridae. CMV infection is the main cause of non A-G viral hepatitis. CMV hepatitis is relatively common in early ages, especially in early infancy and its important since it might result in cirrhosis and even death. This study was performed to determine the role of CMV in children with hepatitis those are serologically negative for hepatitis B and C by detection for the presence of CMV protein (pp65) in liver tissue by using immunohistochemistry.

O autorze

Hussam Hussain Lazim has a M.Sc in medical microbiology from AL-Nahrain University College of Medicine.He has well experience in pathological analysis and microbial lab techniques. Besides he is interested in research about the role of cytomegalovirus in different diseases.