Identification and quantification of ovine gammaherpesvirus 2 DNA in fresh and stored tissues of pigs with symptoms of porcine malignant catarrhal fever

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 900-904

  Albini, Sarah ^a   Zimmermann, Werner ^b   Neff, Felix ^b   Ehlers, Bernhard ^c   Häni, Hansjürg ^b   Li, Hong ^d   Hüssy, Daniela ^a   Engels, Monika ^a   Ackermann, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SWINE; TISSUE FIXATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA, VIRAL; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MALIGNANT CATARRH; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRAL LOAD;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 12244267053     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.900-904.2003     Document Type: Article

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