Comparison of hepatitis B virus DNA extractions from serum by the QIAamp blood kit, GeneReleaser, and the phenol-chloroform method

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2731-2733

  Kramvis, Anna ^a   Bukofzer, Stanley ^a   Kew, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DNA POLYMERASE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; PHENOL; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA TEMPLATE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0029858729     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2731-2733.1996     Document Type: Article

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