Detection of Australasian Flavivirus encephalitic viruses using rapid fluorogenic TaqMan RT-PCR assays

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-167

  Pyke, Alyssa T ^a   Smith, Ina L ^a   Van Den Hurk, Andrew F ^b   Northill, Judith A ^a   Chuan, Teck F ^a   Westacott, Alan J ^a   Smith, Greg A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flavivirus; Fluorogenic; Japanese encephalitis virus; Kunjin virus; Murray Valley encephalitis virus; RT PCR; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE STRUCTURE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; KUNJIN VIRUS; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOSQUITO; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UNTRANSLATED REGION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALASIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CULICIDAE; DNA PRIMERS; FLAVIVIRUS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FLAVIVIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; KUNJIN VIRUS; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1642373907     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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