title: Replacement of biologic by molecular techniques in diagnostic virology: thirty years after the advent of PCR technology-do we still need conventional methods?
authors: Institute of Medical Virology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/M, Germany, H.W.Doerr@em.uni-frankfurt.de.
authors: H W
authors: HW
authors: Doerr
mesh_terms: D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D014776:Virus Cultivation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology
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