Importance of specimen type and quality in diagnosing middle east respiratory syndrome

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 81-83

  Huh, Hee Jae ^a   Ko, Jae Hoon ^a   Kim, Young Eun ^a   Park, Chang Hun ^a   Hong, Geehay ^a   Choi, Rihwa ^a   Yu, Shinae ^a   Cho, Sun Young ^a   Kang, Ji Man ^a   Lee, Myoung Keun ^a   Ki, Chang Seok ^a   Kang, Eun Suk ^a   Lee, Nam Yong ^a   Kim, Jong Won ^a   Kim, Yae Jean ^a   Ha, Young Eun ^a   Kang, Cheol In ^a   Chung, Doo Ryeon ^a   Peck, Kyong Ran ^a   Song, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NASOPHARYNX; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NASOPHARYNX; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 85011349904     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2017.37.1.81     Document Type: Letter

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