Quantitation of varicella-zoster virus DNA in whole blood, plasma, and serum by PCR and electrochemiluminescence

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2568-2573

  De Jong, Menno D ^a,b   Weel, Jan F L ^a   Schuurman, Tim ^a   Wertheim Van Dillen, Pauline M E ^a   Boom, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHICKENPOX; EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPES ZOSTER; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUMINESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 0033915413     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.7.2568-2573.2000     Document Type: Article

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