Evaluation of 2 multiplex real-time PCR assays for the detection of HSV-1/2 and Varicella zoster virus directly from clinical samples

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 169-170

  Heaton, Phillip R ^a   Espy, Mark J ^a   Binnicker, Matthew J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

HSV; Multiplex; Real time PCR; VZV

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING POINT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXTRACTION; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE VOLUME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN EXAMINATION; STANDARD; TISSUE SECTION; TURNAROUND TIME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; CHICKENPOX; EVALUATION STUDY; HERPES SIMPLEX; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

CHICKENPOX; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84925135927     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.11.012     Document Type: Article

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