Conversion to the COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan CMV Test for management of CMV disease in transplant recipients

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 440-442

  Pritt, Bobbi S ^a   Germer, Jeffrey J ^a   Gomez Urena, Eric ^a   Bishop, Callie J ^a   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^a   Irish, Cole L ^a   Yao, Joseph D C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CMV; Cytomegalovirus; Quantitative PCR; Real time PCR; Viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPLANTATION; VIRAL LOAD; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84875266469     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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