Comparative performance of reagents and platforms for quantitation of cytomegalovirus DNA by digital PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2602-2608

  Hayden, R T ^a   Gu, Z ^a   Sam, S S ^b   Sun, Y ^a   Tang, L ^a   Pounds, S ^a   Caliendo, A M ^c  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGENT; VIRUS DNA; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXAMINATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIROLOGY;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84991277539     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01474-16     Document Type: Article

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