Comparative evaluation of the QIAGEN QIAsymphony® SP system and bioMérieux NucliSens easyMAG automated extraction platforms in a clinical virology laboratory

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-343

  Lee, Adele V ^a   Atkinson, Claire ^b   Manuel, Rohini J ^a   Clark, Duncan A ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated extraction; DNA RNA virus; QIAsymphony

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EVALUATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; NOROVIRUS; NUCLISENS EASYMAG; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QIAGEN QIASYMPHONY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

AUTOMATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 82755192956     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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