Fast duplex one-step RT-PCR for rapid differential diagnosis of entero- or toscana virus meningitis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-205

  Valassina, Marcello ^a   Valentini, Melissa ^a   Valensin, Pier Egisto ^a   Cusi, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA VIRUS; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SPRING; SUMMER; TOSCANA VIRUS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; TIME FACTORS; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0036070182     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(02)00393-0     Document Type: Article

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