Plasma levels of bacterial DNA in HIV infection: The limits of quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 176-177

  Ferri, Emanuele ^a   Novati, Stefano ^a   Casiraghi, Maurizio ^b   Sambri, Vittorio ^d   Genco, Francesca ^a   Gulminetti, Roberto ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^c  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; BLOOD; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953717144     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653215     Document Type: Letter

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