Specific detection of monkeypox virus by polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-207

  Neubauer, H ^a   Reischl, U ^b   Ropp, S ^c   Esposito, J J ^c   Wolf, H ^b   Meyer, H ^a  

^a Sanitatsakademie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidophilic inclusion body protein; DNA sequences; Orthopoxvirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS INCLUSION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES, VIRAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONKEY DISEASES; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; OPEN READING FRAMES; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

CAMELPOX VIRUS; COWPOX VIRUS; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; MOROCCAN PEPPER VIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; VACCINIA; VARIOLA;

EID: 0032193035     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(98)00099-8     Document Type: Article

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