Development of highly efficient protocols for extraction and amplification of cytomegalovirus DNA from dried blood spots for detection and genotyping of polymorphic immunomodulatory genes

• Christian Berg ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: christian.berg.01@regionh.dk (CB); thomas.sundelin@regionh.dk (TS)

  Affiliations Unit for Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark, Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0539-7081

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• Martin B. Friis,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark

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• Mette M. Rosenkilde,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Thomas Benfield,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark

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• Lene Nielsen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark

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• Hans R. Lüttichau,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Unit for Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark, Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Thomas Sundelin

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: christian.berg.01@regionh.dk (CB); thomas.sundelin@regionh.dk (TS)

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark

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