Development and evaluation of loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid and inexpensive detection of cytomegalovirus DNA in vitreous specimens from suspected cases of viral retinitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2050-2052

  Reddy, Ashok Kumar ^a   Balne, Praveen Kumar ^a   Reddy, Rajeev Kumar ^a   Mathai, Annie ^a   Kaur, Inderjeet ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY; VITREOUS BODY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77952925806     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02248-09     Document Type: Article

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