Performance of different mono- and multiplex nucleic acid amplification tests on a multipathogen external quality assessment panel

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 977-987

  Loens, K ^a   Van Loon, A M ^b   Coenjaerts, F ^b   Van Aarle, Y ^c   Goossens, H ^a   Wallace, P ^d   Claas, E J C ^c   Ieven, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONAVIRUS; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; RNA EXTRACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84857398849     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00200-11     Document Type: Article

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