Development of an internally controlled, homogeneous polymerase chain reaction assay for the simultaneous detection and discrimination of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 and varicella-zoster virus
✍ Scribed by Jody Hobson-Peters; Peter O’Loughlin; Philip Toye
- Book ID
- 116735885
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 296 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0890-8508
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