Universal diagnostic RT-PCR protocol for arboviruses

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-41

  Kuno, Goro ^a  

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

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Disease diagnosis; PCR; Universal protocol

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BUNYAVIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOVIRUS; RNA ANALYSIS; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; STANDARD; TOGAVIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUSES; BUNYAVIRIDAE; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REOVIRIDAE; RHABDOVIRIDAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOGAVIRIDAE;

ARBOVIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; REOVIRUS SP.; RHABDOVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; TOGAVIRIDAE; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 0031838119     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(98)00003-2     Document Type: Article

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