Quantitative CrAssphage real-time PCR assay derived from data of multiple geographically distant populations

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 767-771

  Cinek, Ondrej ^a   Mazankova, Karla ^a   Kramna, Lenka ^a   Odeh, Rasha ^b   Alassaf, Abeer ^b   Ibekwe, MaryAnn U ^c   Ahmadov, Gunduz ^d   Mekki, Hanan ^e   Abdullah, Mohammed A ^e,f   Elmahi, Bashir M E ^e,f   Hyöty, Heikki ^g,h   Rainetova, Petra ⁱ  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d AZERBAIJAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^f Sudan Childhood Diabetes Centre   (Sudan)

^g TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^h PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; polymorphism; virome

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRASSPHAGE; EUROPEAN; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAGENOME; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROFLORA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PROCEDURES;

PRIMER DNA;

AFRICA; ASIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 85040729707     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.25012     Document Type: Article

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