Stability of lyophilised specimens for the molecular detection of viral DNA/RNA

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-140

  Vaughan, Helen ^a   Chalker, Victoria J ^a   Mee, Zoe ^b   Rossouw, Anneline ^a   James, Vivienne ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

External Quality Assessment; HBV; HCV; HIV; HSV; Lyophilise; Molecular detection; PCR; Stability

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; FREEZE DRYING; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 30144433629     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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