Molecular detection of varicella zoster virus while keeping an eye on the budget

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 202, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-27

  Binkhamis, Khalifa ^a,b   Al Siyabi, Turkiya ^a,b   Heinstein, Charles ^a   Hatchette, Todd F ^a,b   LeBlanc, Jason J ^a,b  

^a Capital District Health Authority   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Homogenization; Nucleic acid extraction; Real time PCR; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEAT TREATMENT; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; CHICKENPOX; COST; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS DNA;

CHICKENPOX; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896452630     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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