Development of a dual target-PCR for detection and characterization of measles virus in clinical specimens

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-200

  Jin, L ^a   Richards, A ^a   Brown, D W G ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual target PCR; Genetic characterization of MV strains; Measles virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MATRIX PROTEIN; MEASLES ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMYXOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

MEASLES VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 0029980835     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1996.0027     Document Type: Article

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