Impact of genomic sequence variability on quantitative PCR assays for diagnosis of polyomavirus BK infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4072-4076

  Randhawa, P ^a   Kant, J ^a,b   Shapiro, R ^b   Tan, H ^b   Basu, A ^b   Luo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

BK VIRUS; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD; VIROLOGY;

EID: 82455185100     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01230-11     Document Type: Article

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