Different real-time PCR formats compared for the quantitative detection of human cytomegalovirus DNA

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1932-1937

  Nitsche, Andreas ^a   Steuer, Nina ^a   Schmidt, Christian Andreas ^a   Landt, Olfert ^b   Siegert, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TIB MOLBIOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EXONUCLEASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DNA TEMPLATE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

BOVINAE; DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 0032712908     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.11.1932     Document Type: Article

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