Polymerase chain reaction tests for the identification of Ross River, Kunjin and Murray Valley encephalitis virus infections in horses

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 76-80

  Studdert, M J ^a   Azuolas, J K ^b   Vasey, J R ^c   Hall, R A ^d   Ficorilli, N ^a   Huang, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Australia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; KUNJIN VIRUS; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, MURRAY VALLEY; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 2342530402     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2003.tb11438.x     Document Type: Article

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