Highly sensitive PCR assay for routine diagnosis of African swine fever virus in clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4431-4434

  Aguero M ^a   Fernandez J ^a   Romero, L ^a   Mascaraque, C Sánchez ^a   Arias, M ^a   Sanchez Vizcaino J M ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWINE DISEASE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMALIA; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 17544386408     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4431-4434.2003     Document Type: Article

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