Progress in quantitative viral load testing: Variability and impact of the WHO quantitative international standards

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 423-430

  Hayden, R T ^a   Sun, Y ^a   Tang, L ^a   Procop, G W ^b   Hillyard, D R ^c   Pinsky, B A ^d   Young, S A ^e,f   Caliendo, A M ^g  

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

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; PCR; Quantitative; Variability; Viral load; WHO

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS INFECTION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD TESTING; VIRUS LOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADENOVIRIDAE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMANS; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85012019733     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02044-16     Document Type: Article

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