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. 2006 Feb 14;27(2):254–298. doi: 10.1016/j.mam.2005.12.001

Table 2.

Recently reported approaches to virus quantification by real-time PCR using different detection formats

Virus Hydrolysis probe (Refs.) Hybridization probe (Refs.) Melting curve (Refs.) Molecular beacons (Refs.) MGB™ probe (Refs.) Other system (Refs.)
Adenovirus (AdV) Lion et al., 2003, Houng et al., 2002, Gu et al., 2003, Heim et al., 2003, He and Jiang, 2005 Ko et al., 2005, Koidl et al., 2005 Watanabe et al. (2005) Claas et al. (2005) Ebner et al., 2005, Claas et al., 2005, Leruez-Ville et al., 2004
Coronavirus (SARS) Gut et al., 1999, Bressler and Nolte, 2004, Chantratita et al., 2004, Emery et al., 2004, Mahony et al., 2004, Chui et al., 2005, Huang et al., 2005 Chantratita et al. (2004) Mahony et al. (2004) Chui et al., 2005, Lin et al., 2004, Hu et al., 2005b LAMP primer Poon et al. (2005)
Cytomegalovirus (CMV = HHV5) Watzinger et al., 2004, Machida et al., 2000, Guiver et al., 2001, Greenlee et al., 2002 Stocher et al., 2003, Schaade et al., 2000, Jebbink et al., 2003 Jebbink et al. (2003)
Enterovirus (EV) Watzinger et al., 2004, Monpoeho et al., 2000, Verstrepen et al., 2001, Corless et al., 2002, Donaldson et al., 2002, Katayama et al., 2002, Monpoeho et al., 2002, Nijhuis et al., 2002, Rabenau et al., 2002, Verstrepen et al., 2002, Watkins-Riedel et al., 2002, Brilot et al., 2004, Mohamed et al., 2004, Cinek et al., 2006, Donia et al., 2005, Petitjean et al., 2005 Krumbholz et al., 2003, Kares et al., 2004 Donia et al., 2005, Kares et al., 2004, Archimbaud et al., 2004 LUX primer Donia et al. (2005)
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) Watzinger et al., 2004, Kimura et al., 1999, Jabs et al., 2001, Leung et al., 2002a, Le et al., 2005 Stocher et al., 2003, Jebbink et al., 2003 Jebbink et al. (2003)
Human herpes viruses 1 + 2 (HSV-1, HSV-2) Watzinger et al., 2004, Weidmann et al., 2003 Ryncarz et al., 1999, Espy et al., 2000a, Kessler et al., 2000, O’Neill et al., 2003, Stocher et al., 2003, Whiley et al., 2004, Ramaswamy et al., 2005 Ramaswamy et al., 2005, Schalasta et al., 2000, Issa et al., 2005 Eclipse Stevenson et al. (2005)
Hepatitis virus A (HAV) Costa-Mattioli et al., 2002, Jothikumar et al., 2005a Brooks et al. (2005)
Hepatitis virus B (HBV) Lindh and Hannoun, 2005b, Abe et al., 1999, Candotti et al., 2004, Garson et al., 2005, Loeb et al., 2000, Pas et al., 2000, Weinberger et al., 2000, Chen et al., 2001, Pas and Niesters, 2002, Kohmoto et al., 2003, Jun-Bin et al., 2003, Weiss et al., 2004 Jardi et al., 2001, Jursch et al., 2002, Paraskevis et al., 2002, Ho et al., 2003, Aliyu et al., 2004, Leb et al., 2004 Zhang et al., 2002, Rodriguez-Frias et al., 2003, Schaefer et al., 2003, Payungporn et al., 2004, Yamashiro et al., 2004, Yeh et al., 2004 Yates et al., 2001, Abravaya et al., 2003, Sum et al., 2004, Wightman et al., 2004, Waltz et al., 2005 Geng et al., 2005, Pang et al., 2004a, Zhao et al., 2005
Hepatitis virus C (HCV) Martell et al., 1999, Kleiber et al., 2000, Candotti et al., 2004, Enomoto et al., 2001, Kishimoto et al., 2001, Komurian-Pradel et al., 2001, Mitsunaga et al., 2002, Puig et al., 2002, Zanella et al., 2002, Cook et al., 2004, Lindh and Hannoun, 2005a Ratge et al., 2000, Pham et al., 2004, Schuttler et al., 2004 Komurian-Pradel et al., 2001, Nozaki and Kato, 2002, White et al., 2002, Hazari et al., 2004, Komurian-Pradel et al., 2004 Abravaya et al., 2003, Komurian-Pradel et al., 2004, Yang et al., 2002, Prince et al., 2004 Castelain et al. (2004)
Hepatitis virus E (HEV) Mansuy et al., 2004, Narayanan et al., 2006 Orru et al. (2004)
Human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6) Watzinger et al., 2004, Nitsche et al., 2001, Zerr et al., 2000 Eclipse Hymas et al. (2005)
Human herpes virus 7 (HHV-7) Watzinger et al., 2004, Zerr et al., 2000 Eclipse Fernandez et al. (2002)
Human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8) Watzinger et al., 2004, Lallemand et al., 2000, Tedeschi et al., 2001, Su et al., 2005 Boivin et al. (2002)
Human immunodeficiency viruses 1 + 2 (HIV-1, HIV-2) Candotti et al., 2004, Schutten et al., 2000, Desire et al., 2001, Luo et al., 2005, Katsoulidou et al., 2006 Laskus et al. (2004) Abravaya et al., 2003, Vet et al., 1999, Summerer and Marx, 2002 Bergroth et al. (2005) Scorpion primer Saha et al. (2001)
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) Mackay et al., 2003, Maertzdorf et al., 2004, Bouscambert-Duchamp et al., 2005, Deffrasnes et al., 2005, Sumino et al., 2005 Boivin et al., 2003, Cote et al., 2003 Scheltinga et al. (2005) Kuypers et al. (2005)



Human rhinovirus (hRV) Nijhuis et al., 2002, Scheltinga et al., 2005, Lai et al., 2003, Deffernez et al., 2004, Sanders et al., 2004 Kares et al. (2004) Dagher et al., 2004, Chen et al., 2006 Scheltinga et al. (2005)
Human T-lymphotropic viruses 1 + 2 (HTLV-1, HTLV-2) Dehee et al., 2002, Pennington et al., 2002, Yamano et al., 2002, Estes and Sevall, 2003, Matsuda et al., 2005, Montanheiro et al., 2005 Kamihira et al., 2000, Kamihira et al., 2003, Sonoda et al., 2004 Lee et al., 2004, Murphy et al., 2004 Vet et al. (1999)
Influenza viruses A + B (Inf-A, -B) Watzinger et al., 2004, Herrmann et al., 2001, van Elden et al., 2001, Spackman et al., 2002, Lee and Suarez, 2004, Ward et al., 2004, Hindiyeh et al., 2005, Krafft et al., 2005, Ng et al., 2005 Smith et al., 2003, Stone et al., 2004a Krafft et al., 2005, Boivin et al., 2004 Templeton et al. (2004) Chi et al. (2005)
Measles virus Ozoemena et al., 2004, El Mubarak et al., 2005, Hummel et al., 2005 Schalk et al. (2004) Plumet and Gerlier (2005) LAMP primer Fujino et al. (2005)
Mumps virus Uchida et al., 2005, Kubar et al., 2004
Newcastle disease virus (NDV) Wise et al. (2004) Crossley et al., 2005, Tan et al., 2004, Pham et al., 2005
Norovirus type 1 + 2 Kageyama et al., 2003, Hohne and Schreier, 2004, Jothikumar et al., 2005b, Pang et al., 2005 Beuret, 2004, Gunson et al., 2003, Myrmel et al., 2004, Pang et al., 2004b, Richards et al., 2004a, Richards et al., 2004b, Schmid et al., 2004
Parainfluenza viruses 1–4 (PIV 1, 2, 3, 4) Watzinger et al. (2004) Templeton et al. (2004) Hu et al. (2005a)
Parvovirus B19 (PVB 19) Watzinger et al., 2004, Aberham et al., 2001, Gruber et al., 2001, Knoll et al., 2002, Bultmann et al., 2003, Saito et al., 2003, Boschetti et al., 2004, Donoso et al., 2004, Liefeldt et al., 2005 Harder et al. (2001) Manaresi et al., 2002, Gallinella et al., 2004
Polyoma viruses (BK, JC, SV 40) Watzinger et al., 2004, Shi et al., 1999, Biel et al., 2000, Hirsch et al., 2001, Leung et al., 2002b, Randhawa et al., 2002, Priftakis et al., 2003, Ryschkewitsch et al., 2004, Bressollette-Bodin et al., 2005, Randhawa et al., 2005, Si-Mohamed et al., 2006, Stolt et al., 2005 Whiley et al., 2001, Zaragoza et al., 2005 Randhawa et al., 2004, Beck et al., 2004, Rollison et al., 2005 Herman et al., 2004, McNees et al., 2005
Poxvirus LUX primer Aitichou et al., 2005, Varga and James, 2005
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Hu et al., 2003, Mentel et al., 2003, van Elden et al., 2003, Perkins et al., 2005 Gueudin et al. (2003) Boivin et al. (2004) Templeton et al., 2004, O’Shea and Cane, 2004 Kuypers et al., 2004, Whiley and Sloots, 2006
Varicella zoster virus (VZV = HHV 3) Watzinger et al., 2004, Furuta et al., 2001, Weidmann et al., 2003, Ishizaki et al., 2003 O’Neill et al., 2003, Stocher et al., 2003, Hawrami and Breuer, 1999, Espy et al., 2000b, Loparev et al., 2000, Tipples et al., 2003 Campsall et al. (2004)
West Nile virus (WNV) Lanciotti et al., 2000, Hadfield et al., 2001, Shi et al., 2001, Eisler et al., 2004, Stone et al., 2004b, Tewari et al., 2004, Vanlandingham et al., 2004, Cameron et al., 2005 Papin et al. (2004) Shirato et al. (2005) LAMP primer Parida et al. (2004)