Limitations of TaqMan PCR for detecting divergent viral pathogens illustrated by hepatitis A, B, C, and E viruses and human immunodeficiency virus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2417-2427

  Gardner, Shea N ^a   Kuczmarski, Thomas A ^a   Vitalis, Elizabeth A ^a   Slezak, Tom R ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DETECTION;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0037843191     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2417-2427.2003     Document Type: Article

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