Multicenter comparison of PCR assays for detection of human herpesvirus 8 DNA in semen

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1298-1301

  Pellett, Philip E ^a   Spira, Thomas J ^a   Bagasra, Omar ^b   Boshoff, Chris ^c   Corey, Lawrence ^d   De Lellis, Laura ^e   Huang, Meei Li ^d   Lin, Jung Chung ^a   Matthews, Steve ^c   Monini, Paolo ^e,g   Rimessi, Paola ^e   Sosa, Carlos ^f   Wood, Charles ^f   Stewart, John A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^g ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0032919967     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1298-1301.1999     Document Type: Article

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