Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 172-179 , June 2010

Quantitative detection and typing of hepatitis D virus in human serum by real-time polymerase chain reaction and melting curve analysis

  • Joerg Hofmann

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Virology, Helmut-Ruska-Haus, Charité Universitätsmedizin, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Medical Virology, Helmut-Ruska-Haus, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. Tel.: +49-30450525141; fax: +49-30450525141.
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  • Katrin Frenzel

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Virology, Helmut-Ruska-Haus, Charité Universitätsmedizin, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Bui Q. Minh

      Affiliations

    • Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna (CIBIV), Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), University of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, University of Veterinary Medicine, A-1210 Vienna, Austria
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  • Arndt von Haeseler

      Affiliations

    • Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna (CIBIV), Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), University of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, University of Veterinary Medicine, A-1210 Vienna, Austria
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  • Anke Edelmann

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Virology, Helmut-Ruska-Haus, Charité Universitätsmedizin, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Stefan R. Ross

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Virology, Essen Universitätskrankenhaus, University of Duisburg-Essen, D-45141 Essen, Germany
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  • Thomas Berg

      Affiliations

    • Klinik und Poliklinik für Gastroenterologie and Rheumatologie Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, D-04006 Leipzog, Germany
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  • Detlev H. Krüger

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Virology, Helmut-Ruska-Haus, Charité Universitätsmedizin, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Helga Meisel

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Virology, Helmut-Ruska-Haus, Charité Universitätsmedizin, D-10117 Berlin, Germany

Received 2 November 2009 ,Accepted 2 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.02.003

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 172-179 , June 2010

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