Volume 40, no. 6, p. 1985-1988, 2002. Page 1985: The nucleic acid sequences of the primer that was used to amplify the smallpox virus hemagglutinin gene target (GenBank accession no. M14783) and of the probe that was used in the assay are as follows: for the primer, 5′-CTA ATA TCA TTA GTA TAC GCT ACA C-3′ (sense) and 5′-GAG TCG TAA GAT ATT TTA TCC-3′ (antisense), and for the probe, 5′-AAT GAT TAT GTT GTT ATG AGT GCT TG-fluorescein-3′ and 5′-RED 640-TAT AAG GAG CCC AAT TCC ATT ATT CT-PHOS-3′.
. 2002 Nov;40(11):4405. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4405.2002
Detection of Smallpox Virus DNA by LightCycler PCR
Mark J Espy
1, Franklin R Cockerill III
1, Richard F Meyer
1, Michael D Bowen
1, Gregory A Poland
1, Ted L Hadfield
1, Thomas F Smith
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Mark J Espy
1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
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Franklin R Cockerill III
1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
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Richard F Meyer
1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
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Michael D Bowen
1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
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Gregory A Poland
1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
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Ted L Hadfield
1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas F Smith
1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
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1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
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This corrects the article "Detection of Smallpox Virus DNA by LightCycler PCR" on page 1985.