Real-time PCR assay to detect smallpox virus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3835-3839

  Ibrahim, M Sofi ^a   Kulesh, David A ^a   Saleh, Sharron S ^a   Damon, Inger K ^b   Esposito, Joseph J ^b   Schmaljohn, Alan L ^a   Jahrling, Peter B ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAMELPOX VIRUS; COWPOX VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GERBILPOX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYXOMA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHOCOMELIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBITPOX VIRUS; RACCOONPOX VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKUNKPOX VIRUS; SMALLPOX VIRUS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARIOLA VIRUS;

CAMELPOX VIRUS; COWPOX VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; MYXOMA VIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POXVIRIDAE; RABBITPOX VIRUS; RACCOONPOX VIRUS; SKUNKPOX VIRUS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VARIOLA; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 0042023300     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3835-3839.2003     Document Type: Article

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