| Literature DB >> 7877631 |
S Myint1, S Johnston, G Sanderson, H Simpson.
Abstract
Currently, the diagnosis of human respiratory coronavirus infection is either slow or insensitive. This paper describes nested polymerase chain reaction assays for the detection of human coronaviruses OC43 and 229E. The specificity and sensitivity of the assays have been determined and they have been applied to the detection of the viruses in nasal aspirates. These assays are more rapid and sensitive than cell culture and may replace the latter as the diagnostic method of choice.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7877631 PMCID: PMC7135046 DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1994.1052
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Probes ISSN: 0890-8508 Impact factor: 2.365