Identification and genotyping of molluscum contagiosum virus from genital swab samples by real-time PCR and Pyrosequencing

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-329

  Trama, Jason P ^a   Adelson, Martin E ^a   Mordechai, Eli ^a  

^a Medical Diagnostic Laboratories LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Laboratory diagnosis; MCV; Molluscum contagiosum virus; Pyrosequencing; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MC080R GENE; MOLLUSCIPOXVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; P43K GENE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 36349019185     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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