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Sensitivity and reproducibility in adenoviral infectious titer determination

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Nyberg-Hoffman, C., Shabram, P., Li, W. et al. Sensitivity and reproducibility in adenoviral infectious titer determination. Nat Med 3, 808–811 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0797-808

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