Marked variability of BK virus load measurement using quantitative real-time PCR among commonly used assays

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2671-2680

  Hoffman, Noah G ^a   Cook, Linda ^a   Atienza, Ederlyn E ^a   Limaye, Ajit P ^a   Jerome, Keith R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECIPIENT; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; STANDARDIZATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TITRATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STANDARD; URINE; VIROLOGY;

BK POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS;

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; BK VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URINE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 53149106675     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00258-08     Document Type: Article

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