Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 135-140 , February 2006

Stability of lyophilised specimens for the molecular detection of viral DNA/RNA

  • Helen Vaughan

      Affiliations

    • UK NEQAS for Microbiology, Quality Assurance Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 208 9059890; fax: +44 208 205 1488.
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  • Victoria J Chalker

      Affiliations

    • UK NEQAS for Microbiology, Quality Assurance Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK
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  • Zoe Mee

      Affiliations

    • National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Eire, UK
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  • Anneline Rossouw

      Affiliations

    • UK NEQAS for Microbiology, Quality Assurance Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK
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  • Vivienne James

      Affiliations

    • UK NEQAS for Microbiology, Quality Assurance Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK

Received 9 September 2004 ,Revised 12 May 2005 ,Accepted 1 June 2005.

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PII: S1386-6532(05)00151-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2005.06.001

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 135-140 , February 2006

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