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Identification and genotyping of molluscum contagiosum virus from genital swab samples by real-time PCR and Pyrosequencing.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Dec 2007
Trama Jason P, Adelson Martin E, Mordechai Eli
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Laboratory diagnosis of molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) is important as lesions can be confused with those caused by Cryptococcus neoformans, herpes simplex virus, human papillomavirus, and varicella-zoster virus. OBJECTIVES: To develop a rapid method for identifying patients infected with MCV via swab sampling. STUDY DESIGN: Two dual-labeled probe real-time PCR assays, one homologous to the p43K...
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