Multiplex real-time PCR for the detection and quantification of latent and persistent viral genomes in cellular or plasma blood fractions

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-54

  Compston, Lara Isobel ^a,d   Sarkobie, Francis ^b   Li, Chengyao ^c,d   Candotti, Daniel ^d   Opare Sem, Ohene ^b   Allain, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GBV C; HBV; Herpesviruses; Multiplex PCR; Parvovirus B19; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS LOAD;

BLOOD DONORS; DNA, VIRAL; GB VIRUS C; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMANS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA; VIRUS LATENCY;

GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; PARVOVIRUS;

EID: 44649108880     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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