Development and application of reverse transcriptase nested polymerase chain reaction test for the detection of exogenous avian leukosis virus

Avian Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-53

  García, Maricarmen ^a   El Attrache, John ^a   Riblet, Sylva M ^a   Lunge, Vagner R ^b,c   Fonseca, André S K ^c   Villegas, Pedro ^a   Ikuta, Nilo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^c Simbios Biotecnologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ac ELISA; Avian leukosis virus subgroup J; RT nested PCR; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; ONCOVIRINAE;

EID: 0037248679     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2003)047[0041:DAAORT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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