Multicenter external quality assessment of molecular methods for detection of human herpesvirus 6

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2536-2540

  De Pagter, P J ^a   Schuurman, R ^a   De Vos, N M ^a   Mackay, W ^b   Van Loon, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; VIRUS DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; STANDARDS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6;

VIRUS DNA;

DNA, VIRAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD; VIROLOGY;

EID: 77954445903     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01145-09     Document Type: Article

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