Detection of vaccinia virus DNA on the LightCycler by fluorescence melting curve analysis

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 187-195

  Nitsche, Andreas ^a   Steger, Brigitte ^a   Ellerbrok, Heinz ^a   Pauli, Georg ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence curve melting analysis; Real time PCR; Vaccinia virus

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; VIRUS DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MELTING CURVE ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VACCINATION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS; VARIOLA; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 17644370294     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2005.02.007     Document Type: Article

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