A novel and innovative quantitative kinetic software for virological colorimetric assays

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-209

  Giacomini, M ^a,b   McDermott, J L ^a   Giri, A A ^a   Martini, I ^a   Lillo, F B ^c   Varnier, O E ^a,d  

^a Advanced Biotechnology Center   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer based Quantification; ELISA; HIV; Quality control; User friendly interface

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; COLORIMETRY; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; PROVIRUSES; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0032146562     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(98)00059-7     Document Type: Article

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