Genus-specific detection of alphaviruses by a semi-nested reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 709-718

  Pfeffer, Martin ^a   Proebster, Barbara ^a   Kinney, Richard M ^b   Kaaden, Oskar Ruger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ALPHA VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINDBIS VIRUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0031461179     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.709     Document Type: Article

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