Multicenter proficiency testing of nucleic acid amplification methods for the detection of enteroviruses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3390-3392

  Van Vliet, K E ^a   Muir, P ^a   Echevarria, J M ^a   Klapper, P E ^a   Cleator, G M ^a   Van Loon, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROVIRUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INFECTION RATE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA, VIRAL;

ENTEROVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0034823928     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.9.3390-3392.2001     Document Type: Article

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