Detection of transfusion transmitted virus DNA by real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 277-281

  Koidl, Christoph ^a   Michael, Bozic ^a   Berg, Jörg ^b   Stöcher, Markus ^b   Mühlbauer, Gerhard ^c   Grisold, Andrea J ^a   Marth, Egon ^a   Kessler, Harald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c Roche Applied Science   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automated extraction; Internal control; LightCycler; Real time PCR; TTV

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 1442359939     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(03)00168-9     Document Type: Article

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