Detection of Colorado tick fever virus by using reverse transcriptase PCR and application of the technique in laboratory diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1203-1208

  Johnson, Alison J ^a   Karabatsos, Nick ^a   Lanciotti, Robert S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLORADO TICK FEVER; COLORADO TICK FEVER VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; VIRUS DETECTION;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; COLORADO TICK FEVER VIRUS; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; DNA VIRUSES; ORBIVIRUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 0030897307     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.5.1203-1208.1997     Document Type: Article

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