Simultaneous detection of three mosquito-borne encephalitis viruses (eastern equine, La Crosse, and St. Louis) with a single-tube multiplex reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-31

  Lee, Joon Hak ^a   Tennessen, Ken ^b   Lilley, Bruce G ^a   Unnasch, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Eastern equine encephalitis; La Crosse encephalitis; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; St. Louis encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUSES; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; LA CROSSE VIRUS; MOSQUITO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DNA PRIMERS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; INSECT VECTORS; LA CROSSE VIRUS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036512139     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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