Comparison of commercial and in-house Real-time PCR assays for quantification of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA in plasma.

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Published in BMC Microbiol on March 28, 2007

Authors

Francesca Perandin1, Elisabetta Cariani, Caterina Patrizia Pollara, Nino Manca

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Experimental and Applied Medicine, Section of Microbiology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. perandin@unibs.it

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