A rapid polymerase chain reaction protocol to detect adenovirus in eye swabs

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 423-427

  Mendes, Rodrigo Melo ^a   Nogueira, Maurício Lacerda ^a   Marques, João Trindade ^a   Pereira, Maria Valéria Corrêa ^a   De Souza Machado, Maria Amélia ^a   Cunha, Anderson Saporetti ^a,b   Trindade, Fernando Cansado ^a   Kroon, Erna Geessien ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Núcleo Especializado em Oftalmologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenovirus infections, human; Adenoviruses, human isolation purification; Eye infections, viral diagnosis; Herpesviridae infections; Keratoconjunctivitis diagnosis; Polymerase chain reaction methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349085819     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492004000300010     Document Type: Article

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