An evaluation of immunofluorescence and PCR methods for detection of rabies in archival carnoy-fixed, paraffin-embedded brain tissue

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 151-156

  Kulonen, K ^a   Fekadu, M ^a,b   Whitfield, S ^a,b   Warner, C K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; EPIDEMIC; FINLAND; FOX; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOGS; FINLAND; FOXES; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033113047     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.1999.00200.x     Document Type: Review

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