Rapid quantification of hepatitis B virus DNA by automated sample preparation and real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2445-2449

  Stelzl, Evelyn ^a   Muller, Zsofia ^b   Marth, Egon ^a   Kessler, Harald H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Regional Public Health Center   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 2942597975     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2445-2449.2004     Document Type: Article

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