Nested polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of cytomegalovirus overcomes false positives caused by contamination with fragmented DNA

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 85-91

  Porter‐Jordan, Kathleen ^a   Rosenberg, Eric I ^a   Keiser, John F ^a   Gross, Jeffrey D ^a   Ross, Allan M ^a   Nasim, Suhail ^a   Garrett, Carleton T ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA amplification; liquid hybridization detection; viral diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 0025161878     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890300202     Document Type: Article

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