Detection of human herpesvirus 6 by reverse transcription-PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3672-3675

  Norton, Renee A ^a   Caserta, Mary T ^a   Hall, Caroline Breese ^a   Schnabel, Kenneth ^a   Hocknell, Peter ^a   Dewhurst, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032834667     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3672-3675.1999     Document Type: Article

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