Standardized one-step real-time reverse transcription-PCR assay for universal detection and quantification of hepatitis delta virus from clinical samples in the presence of a heterologous internal-control RNA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2126-2128

  Scholtes, Caroline ^a,b,c   Icard, Vinca ^a   Amiri, Majid ^a,c   Chevallier Queyron, Philippe ^a,c   Trabaud, Mary Anne ^a   Ramière, Christophe ^b,c   Zoulim, Fabien ^a,c,e   André, Patrice ^a,b,c   Dénye, Paul ^d,e  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN CANCÉROLOGIE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD;

HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 84862066474     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06829-11     Document Type: Article

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