Detection of Marek's disease virus DNA in chicken but not in human plasma

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2428-2432

  Hennig, Holger ^a   Osterrieder, Nikolaus ^b,d   Müller Steinhardt, Michael ^a   Teichert, Hanns Martin ^a   Kirchner, Holger ^a   Wandinger, Klaus Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIAN LYMPHOMATOSIS HERPETOVIRUS; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; TECHNIQUE; TURKEY (BIRD); VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DNA VIRUSES; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLUS GALLUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; MARDIVIRUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0038519588     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2428-2432.2003     Document Type: Article

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