Comparison of commercial extraction systems and PCR assays for quantification of Epstein-Barr virus DNA load in whole blood

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1384-1389

  Germi, Raphaële ^a,b   Lupo, Julien ^a,b   Semenova, Touyana ^a   Larrat, Sylvie ^a,b   Magnat, Nelly ^a   Grossi, Laurence ^b   Seigneurin, Jean Marie ^a,b   Morand, Patrice ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VIRUS LOAD;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; DNA, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIRAL LOAD;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 84858596619     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05593-11     Document Type: Article

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