Multi-site PCR-based CMV viral load assessment-assays demonstrate linearity and precision, but lack numeric standardization: A report of the association for molecular pathology

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-92

  Wolff, Daynna J ^a,b,g   Heaney, Denise LaMarche ^a,b,f   Neuwald, Paul D ^a,c   Stellrecht, Kathleen A ^a,d   Press, Richard D ^a,e  

^a Association for Molecular Pathology   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c AcroMetrix Corporation   (United States)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Roche Diagnostics Corporation   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATOR; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EXTRACTION; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARDIZATION; VIRION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

DNA;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 64249116301     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2009.080097     Document Type: Article

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