Development of a real-time PCR procedure including an internal control for the measurement of HCMV viral load

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-64

  Najioullah, F ^a   Thouvenot, D ^a   Lina, B ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Virologie Est   (France)

Author keywords

Human cytomegalovirus; Internal control; Real time PCR; Viral load

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIRUS LOAD;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0035154514     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(00)00273-1     Document Type: Article

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