Examinations of birds in the Volga delta (Astrakhan region, 2001) for Western Nile Fever virus by using the method of reverse transcription - Polymerase chain reaction

Voprosy Virusologii

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-17

  Alkhovsky, S V ^a   Lvov, D N ^a   Samokhvalov, E I ^a   Prilipov, A G ^a   Lvov, D K ^a   Aristova, V A ^a   Gromashevsky, V L ^a   Dzharkenov, A F ^a   Kovtunov, A I ^a   Deryabin, P G ^a   Odolevsky, E I ^a   Ibragimov, P M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Birds; Genotype; Polymerase chain reaction; Virus; Virus circulation; Volga delta; West Nile Fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VIROLOGY; VISCERA;

ARDEIDAE; AVES; FLAVIVIRUS; LARIDAE; PHALACROCORACIDAE; RALLIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; GENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RUSSIA; VISCERA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0037266638     PISSN: 05074088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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