Performance of the Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan real-time PCR assay for hepatitis B virus DNA quantification

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1716-1723

  Chevaliez, Stéphane ^a,b   Bouvier Alias, Magali ^a,b   Laperche, Syria ^c   Pawlotsky, Jean Michel ^a,b  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 43249122174     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01248-07     Document Type: Article

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