Preparation of armored RNA as a control for multiplex real-time reverse transcription-PCR detection of influenza virus and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 837-841

  Yu, Xin Fen ^a   Pan, Jing Cao ^a   Ye, Rong ^a   Xiang, Hai Qing ^a   Kou, Yu ^a   Huang, Zhi Cheng ^a  

^a Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEVIVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

INFLUENZA B VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 40749157982     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01904-07     Document Type: Article

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