Detection of CMV DNA: Is EDTA whole blood superior to EDTA plasma?

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 210-212

  Koidl, Christoph ^a   Bozic, Michael ^a   Marth, Egon ^a   Kessler, Harald H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; EDTA plasma; EDTA whole blood; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; BLOOD; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHELATING AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PLASMA; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 56249131413     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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