Discrimination of West Nile virus and Japanese encephalitis virus strains using RT-PCR RFLP analysis

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 439-445

  Shirato, Kazuya ^a   Mizutani, Tetsuya ^a   Kariwa, Hiroaki ^a   Takashima, Ikuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

RT PCR RFLP; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0038647600     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03381.x     Document Type: Article

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