The use of a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for the detection of viral nucleic acid in the diagnosis of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-137

  Burt, F J ^a   Leman, P A ^a   Smith, J F ^b   Swanepoel, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS ISOLATION;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031889159     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(97)00182-1     Document Type: Article

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