Development of an internally controlled, homogeneous polymerase chain reaction assay for the simultaneous detection and discrimination of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 and varicella-zoster virus

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-30

  Hobson Peters, Jody ^a   O'Loughlin, Peter ^b   Toye, Philip ^a  

^a Agen Biomedical Ltd Australia   (Australia)

^b QML Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex virus; Homogeneous multiplex PCR; Internal control; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE PROBE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 33845208207     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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