Could droplet digital PCR be used instead of real-time PCR for quantitative detection of the hepatitis B virus genome in plasma?

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3497-3498

  Boizeau, Laure ^a   Laperche, Syria ^a   Désiré, Nathalie ^b   Jourdain, Catherine ^a   Thibault, Vincent ^b   Servant Delmas, Annabelle ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84906851659     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01306-14     Document Type: Letter

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