Detection of false-negative results in nested primer PCR of proviral HIV-1 DNA

BioTechniques

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 882-888

  Zimmermann, Klaus ^a   Plaimauer, Barbara ^a   Schögl, Daniela ^a   Mannhalter, Josef W ^a  

^a BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA TEMPLATE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0030712451     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97235st04     Document Type: Article

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