Comparison of a Duplex Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assay and the COBAS Amplicor CMV Monitor Test for Detection of Cytomegalovirus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1909-1914

  Herrmann, Björn ^a,c   Larsson, Viviana Cavaglia ^a   Rubin, Carl Johan ^a   Sund, Fredrik ^a   Eriksson, Britt Marie ^a   Arvidson, Johan ^a   Yun, Zhibing ^b   Bondeson, Kåre ^a   Blomberg, Jonas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DILUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES;

EID: 2442541380     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.1909-1914.2004     Document Type: Article

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