Detection of the 5' region of the rubella virus genome in clinical samples by polymerase chain reaction

Clinical and Diagnostic Virology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-60

  Johnstone, Pamela ^a,c   Bosma, Trent J ^b   Whitby, Janice E ^a,c   Best, Jennifer M ^b   Sanders, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Non structural genes; Polymerase chain reaction; Rubella

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME;

RUBELLA VIRUS;

EID: 0029970575     PISSN: 09280197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-0197(95)00153-0     Document Type: Article

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