Detection of Australian bat lyssavirus using a fluorogenic probe

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 285-291

  Smith, Ina L ^a   Northill, Judy A ^a   Harrower, Bruce J ^a   Smith, Greg A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lyssavirus; Rabies; Real time PCR; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; BRAIN; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES VIRUS; RISK; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; LYSSAVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036888243     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(02)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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