Duplex reverse transcription-PCR followed by nested PCR assays for detection and identification of Brazilian alphaviruses and flaviviruses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 696-702

  De Morais Bronzoni, Roberta Vieira ^a   Baleotti, Flávia Graciela ^a   Ribeiro Nogueira, Rita Maria ^b   Nunes, Márcio ^c   Moraes Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA VIRUS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; AURA VIRUS; BRAZIL; BUSSUQUARA FLAVIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; ILHEUS VIRUS; MAYARO ALPHAVIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROCIO VIRUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; DNA PRIMERS; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; AURA VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; ILHEUS VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; ROCIO VIRUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 13844256120     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.696-702.2005     Document Type: Article

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