A basic guide to real time PCR in microbial diagnostics: Definitions, parameters, and everything

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2017, Pages

  Kralik, Petr ^a   Ricchi, Matteo ^b  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Limit of detection; Limit of quantification; Precision; Quantitative PCR; Trueness

Indexed keywords

FOOD SAFETY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NOMENCLATURE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 85014472755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00108     Document Type: Review

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