Design and performance testing of quantitative real time PCR assays for influenza A and B viral load measurement
Journal of Clinical VirologyPublished 22 July 2003Open access
Christopher R. E. Ward
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Well characterised real time PCR assays offer significant improvements over the existing methods for measuring the viral load of strains of influenza A and B in clinical specimens.
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Well characterised real time PCR assays offer significant improvements over the existing methods for measuring the viral load of strains of influenza A and B in clinical specimens.
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