Epstein-Barr Virus
Reports from University Hospital advance knowledge in Epstein-Barr virus
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 26th, 2008
Data detailed in 'Evaluation of the Epstein-Barr virus R-gene quantification kit in whole blood with different extraction methods and PCR platforms' have been presented. "Reliable real-time quantitative PCR assays to measure Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA load (EBV) are useful for monitoring EBV-associated diseases. We evaluated a new commercial kit, EBV R-gene Quantification kit (Argene, Varilhes, France) to quantify EBV DNA load in whole blood," researchers in Grenoble, France report.
"Assay performance was assessed with two PCR platforms (LightCycler 2.0 and SmartCycler 2.0) and three commercial DNA extraction methods. The assay was compared with our in-house real-time...
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