Detection of torque teno virus DNA in exhaled breath by polymerase chain reaction

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 387-397

  Chikasue, Kumiko ^a   Kimura, Miyuki ^a   Ikeda, Kazuyuki ^a   Ohnish, Takumai ^a   Kawanishi, Satoshi ^a   Iio, Tomoe ^a   Kataoka, Mikio ^a   Arao, Yujiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne infection; Exhaled breath; Polymerase chain reaction; Torque teno virus

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ALPHA-AMYLASES; BREATH TESTS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 84873706039     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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