RNA and DNA Bacteriophages as Molecular Diagnosis Controls in Clinical Virology: A Comprehensive Study of More than 45,000 Routine PCR Tests

Laetitia Ninove; Antoine Nougairede; Celine Gazin; Laurence Thirion; Ilenia Delogu; Christine Zandotti; Remi N. Charrel; Xavier De Lamballerie

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016142

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RNA and DNA Bacteriophages as Molecular Diagnosis Controls in Clinical Virology: A Comprehensive Study of More than 45,000 Routine PCR Tests

Laetitia Ninove ,

* E-mail: xavier.de-lamballerie@univmed.fr

Affiliations UMR190, Université de la Méditerranée and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Marseille, France, Pôle de Microbiologie and Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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Antoine Nougairede,

Affiliations UMR190, Université de la Méditerranée and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Marseille, France, Pôle de Microbiologie and Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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Celine Gazin,

Affiliation Pôle de Microbiologie and Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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Laurence Thirion,

Affiliation UMR190, Université de la Méditerranée and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Marseille, France
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Ilenia Delogu,

Affiliation UMR190, Université de la Méditerranée and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Marseille, France
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Christine Zandotti,

Affiliations UMR190, Université de la Méditerranée and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Marseille, France, Pôle de Microbiologie and Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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Remi N. Charrel,

Affiliations UMR190, Université de la Méditerranée and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Marseille, France, Pôle de Microbiologie and Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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Xavier De Lamballerie

Affiliations UMR190, Université de la Méditerranée and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Marseille, France, Pôle de Microbiologie and Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France, EHESP School of Public Health, Marseille, France
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RNA and DNA Bacteriophages as Molecular Diagnosis Controls in Clinical Virology: A Comprehensive Study of More than 45,000 Routine PCR Tests

Laetitia Ninove,
Antoine Nougairede,
Celine Gazin,
Laurence Thirion,
Ilenia Delogu,
Christine Zandotti,
Remi N. Charrel,
Xavier De Lamballerie

Published: February 9, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016142

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