Use of the Roche LightCycler® 480 system in a routine laboratory setting for molecular diagnosis of opportunistic viral infections: Evaluation on whole blood specimens and proficiency panels

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-294

  Deback, Claire ^a,b   Géli, Julienne ^a,b   Aït Arkoub, Zaïna ^b   Angleraud, Francis ^b   Gautheret Dejean, Agnès ^a,b,c   Agut, Henri ^a,b   Boutolleau, David ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

LightCycler 480 system; Opportunistic viral infections; Viral load; Viral molecular diagnosis; Whole blood specimen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MONITORING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; BLOOD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

BK POLYOMAVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6;

BK VIRUS; BLOOD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 67349270881     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.03.027     Document Type: Article

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