A highly sensitive assay for detection and quantitation of human cytomegalovirus DNA in serum and plasma by PCR and electrochemiluminescence

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1489-1497

  Boom, René ^a   Sol, Cees ^a   Weel, Jan ^a   Gerrits, Yvette ^a   De Boer, Monique ^a   Wertheim Van Dillen, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUTHENIUM DERIVATIVE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SERUM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANIMALIA; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 0032894286     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1489-1497.1999     Document Type: Article

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