Development of a quantitative competitive polymerase chain reaction for human herpesvirus 8

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-26

  Lock, Matthew J ^a   Griffiths, Paul D ^a   Emery, Vincent C ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kaposi's sarcoma; KSHV; quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

CALIBRATION; DNA, VIRAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 0031051463     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(96)02139-8     Document Type: Article

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