False-positive results and contamination in nucleic acid amplification assays: suggestions for a prevent and destroy strategy.

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Published in Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis on March 10, 2004

Authors

A Borst1, A T A Box, A C Fluit

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1: Eijkman-Winkler Center for Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Inflammation, University Medical Center, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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