Quantitation of HTLV-I and II proviral load using real-time quantitative PCR with SYBR Green chemistry

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 275-282

  Lee, Tzong Hae ^a   Chafets, Daniel M ^a   Busch, Michael P ^a,b   Murphy, Edward L ^a,b  

^a BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HTLV I and II; Proviral load; T cell

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIRUS LOAD;

DNA, VIRAL; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROVIRUSES; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 5644229984     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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