Development of a diagnostic one-tube RT-PCR for the detection of Rift Valley fever virus

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-252

  Espach, A ^a   Romito, M ^a   Nel, L H ^a   Viljoen, G J ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; M segment; One tube RT PCR; Rift Valley fever

Indexed keywords

THROMBOSPONDIN 1; THROMBOSPONDIN 2; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BLOOD; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; PHLEBOVIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 0036754463     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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