False-negative results of PCR assay with plasma of patients with severe viral hemorrhagic fever [2]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4394-4395

  Drosten, Christian ^a   Panning, Marcus ^a   Guenther, Stephan ^a   Schmitz, Herbert ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILUTION; DYING; EBOLA VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS LOAD; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

EBOLAVIRUS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

EBOLA VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 0036840161     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4394-4395.2002     Document Type: Letter

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