Specific and quantitative detection of human polyomaviruses BKV and JCV by LightCycler® real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-162

  Sehbani, Laïla ^a   Kabamba Mukadi, Benoît ^a   Vandenbroucke, Anne Thérèse ^a   Bodéus, Monique ^a   Goubau, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

BKV; DNA load; JCV; LightCycler; Polyomavirus; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; DNA FRAGMENT; PRIMER DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BK VIRUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TITRATION;

BK VIRUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33646396756     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2006.01.013     Document Type: Letter

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