Molecular characterization of Brazilian avian pneumovirus isolates: Comparison between immunochemiluminescent Southern blot and nested PCR

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-241

  Dani, Maria Angela C ^a   Durigon, Edison L ^b   Arns, Clarice W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

APV; Avian pneumovirus; Chemiluminescent detection; F gene; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHICKEN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOVIRINAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TURKEY (BIRD); VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRAZIL; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHICKENS; DNA, VIRAL; PNEUMOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURKEYS; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

AVES; AVIAN PNEUMOVIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PNEUMOVIRUS;

EID: 0032943096     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(99)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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