Multiplex PCR: Optimization and application in diagnostic virology

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 559-570

  Elnifro, E M ^a   Ashshi, A M ^a   Cooper, R J ^a   Klapper, P E ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 0033790518     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.13.4.559-570.2000     Document Type: Review

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