Cytomegalovirus DNA quantification using an automated platform for nucleic acid extraction and real-time PCR assay setup

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2703-2705

  Forman, Michael ^a   Wilson, Andy ^b   Valsamakis, Alexandra ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; REAGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA DETERMINATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

AUTOMATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

EID: 79959815329     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00721-11     Document Type: Article

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