Development of nested RT-PCR for the detection of swine hepatitis E virus in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues and comparison with in situ hybridization

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Choi, Changsun ^a   Ha, Seung Kwon ^a   Chae, Chanhee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Formalin fixed tissue; Hepatitis E virus; In situ hybridization; Polymerase chain reaction; RNA extraction; Swine hepatitis E virus

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; NUCLEIC ACID; PARAFFIN; PROTEINASE K; VIRUS RNA; XYLENE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEPATITIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBEDDING; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LIVER CELL; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TISSUE FIXATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 0344628615     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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