Development of working reference materials for clinical virology

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-371

  Fryer, Jacqueline F ^a   Baylis, Sally A ^a   Gottlieb, Anna L ^a   Ferguson, Morag ^a   Vincini, Giuseppe A ^b   Bevan, Valerie M ^b   Carman, William F ^c   Minor, Philip D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; In house; Real time PCR; Run control; Standardisation; Virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARDIZATION; VIROLOGY;

GREAT BRITAIN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 55649117734     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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