Comparison of real-time PCR quantitative analysis of the cytomegalovirus DNA level using LightCycler 2.0 and LightCycler 480 instruments

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-273

  Przybylski, Maciej ^a   Dzieciatkowski, Tomasz ^a   Les, Katarzyna ^a   Mucha, Maja Anna ^b,c   Wroblewska, Marta ^a   Mlynarczyk, Grazyna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c 109 Military Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Post transplant infections; Preemptive therapy; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; THERMOCYCLER; VIRUS LOAD;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84866396468     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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