Collaborative study to evaluate a working reagent for West Nile virus RNA detection by nucleic acid testing

Transfusion

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-102

  Saldanha, John ^a   Shead, Susan ^b   Heath, Alan ^b   Drebot, Michael ^b  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGENT;

ARTICLE; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS DETECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; RNA, VIRAL; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 12544252462     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.04151.x     Document Type: Article

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