The sensitivity and application of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the diagnosis of parvovirus B19 (B19) infection was investigated by simultaneously assaying a collection of 279 consecutively received Samples for presence of anti-B19 IgM and IgG antibodies by Western blot and for B19 DNA by
Parvovirus B19 infection and myofasciitis
โ Scribed by Katsuhiro Ichinose; Kiyoshi Migita; Takaharu Sekita; Hisayuki Hamada; Hironori Ezaki; Shigeaki Mukoubara; Katsumi Eguchi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0770-3198
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