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Plaquing of Herpes Simplex Viruses
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Herpes simplex virus type 2 displays atypical melting-temperature profiles at low viral titers
Jason J LeBlanc1, Sarah Campbell, Janice Pettipas
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|June 6, 2008
Abstract:
Real-time PCR is a powerful tool for the detection and typing of herpes simplex virus (HSV). HSV types 1 and 2 can be distinguished by using the differences in the melting temperatures (T(m)s) of the hybridization probes. The efficacy of T(m) profiling with low DNA concentrations was evaluated in this study.
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