title: In-house nucleic acid amplification assays in research: how much quality control is needed before one can rely upon the results?
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Vienna General Hospital, Waehringer Guertel 18-20/5P, 1090 Vienna, Austria. petra.apfalter@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Apfalter
authors.forename: Udo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Reischl
authors.forename: Margaret R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hammerschlag
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards*; D012107:Research Design; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity