Standardization of hepatitis E virus (HEV) nucleic acid amplification technique-based assays: An initial study to evaluate a panel of HEV strains and investigate laboratory performance

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1234-1239

  Baylis, Sally A ^a   Hanschmann, Kay Martin ^a   Blümel, Johannes ^a   Nübling, C Micha ^a  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS RNA NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION BASED ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 79953882444     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02578-10     Document Type: Article

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