Applicability of a real-time quantitative PCR assay for diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus infection in immunocompromised adults

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4378-4381

  Van Elden, L J R ^a   Van Loon, A M ^a   Van der Beek, A ^a   Hendriksen, K A W ^a   Hoepelman, A I M ^a   Van Kraaij, M G J ^b   Schipper, P ^a   Nijhuis, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0042921112     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4378-4381.2003     Document Type: Article

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