Detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in EDTA whole-blood samples: Evaluation of the quantitative artus CMV lightcycler PCR kit in conjunction with automated sample preparation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1241-1245

  Michelin, Birgit D A ^a   Hadžisejdić, Ita ^b   Bozic, Michael ^a   Grahovac, Maja ^b   Hess, Markus ^c   Grahovac, Blaženka ^b   Marth, Egon ^a   Kessler, Harald H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c QIAGEN GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; VIRUS DNA; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIROLOGY;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; AUTOMATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; EDETIC ACID; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 42449119342     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01403-07     Document Type: Article

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