A real-time PCR for SARS-coronavirus incorporating target gene pre-amplification

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 312, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1290-1296

  Lau, Lok Ting ^a,b   Fung, Yin Wan Wendy ^b   Wong, Freda Pui Fan ^b   Lin, Selma Sau Wah ^b   Wang, Chen Ran ^a   Li, Hui Li ^a   Dillon, Natalie ^b   Collins, Richard A ^b   Tam, John Siu Lun ^c   Chan, Paul K S ^c   Wang, Chen G ^d   Yu, Albert Cheung Hoi ^a,b,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hong Kong DNA Chips Limited   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Natl Emergency Action on SARS Res   (China)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; PCR; SARS; SARS CoV; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; TaqMan real time fluorescent polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CORONAVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 10744225752     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.11.064     Document Type: Article

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