Development and evaluation of real-time PCR assays for the detection of the newly identified KI and WU polyomaviruses

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-14

  Bialasiewicz, S ^a,b   Whiley, D M ^a,b   Lambert, S B ^a,b   Gould, A ^b   Nissen, M D ^a,b,c   Sloots, T P ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human polyomavirus; KI polyomavirus; Real time PCR assay; WU polyomavirus

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KI POLYOMAVIRUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WU POLYOMAVIRUS;

HUMANS; NASOPHARYNX; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548134838     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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