Detection of North American West Nile virus in animal tissue by a reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction assay

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 739-741

  Johnson, Donna J ^a,b   Ostlund, Eileen N ^a   Pedersen, Douglas D ^a   Schmitt, Beverly J ^a  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL CULTURE; HORSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0034841176     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0704.017425     Document Type: Article

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