Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 54-59 , January 2010

Multicenter evaluation of the ENTEROVIRUS R-gene™ real-time RT-PCR assay for the detection of enteroviruses in clinical specimens

  • Sylvie Pillet

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, GIMAP EA 3064 and University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, 42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France
    • ,
  • Geneviève Billaud

      Affiliations

    • Centre National de Référence des Enterovirus, Laboratoire de Virologie Est des Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lyon, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron Cedex, France
    • ,
  • Shabir Omar

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, GIMAP EA 3064 and University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, 42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France
    • ,
  • Bruno Lina

      Affiliations

    • Centre National de Référence des Enterovirus, Laboratoire de Virologie Est des Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lyon, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron Cedex, France
    • ,
  • Bruno Pozzetto

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, GIMAP EA 3064 and University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, 42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France
    • ,
  • Isabelle Schuffenecker

      Affiliations

    • Centre National de Référence des Enterovirus, Laboratoire de Virologie Est des Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lyon, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron Cedex, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 4 72 12 96 47; fax: +33 4 72 12 95 00.

Received 22 September 2009 ,Accepted 25 September 2009.

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PII: S1386-6532(09)00481-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.09.033

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 54-59 , January 2010

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