Detection of three honeybee viruses simultaneously by a single Multiplex Reverse Transcriptase PCR

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 763-767

  Topley, Elize ^a   Davison, Sean ^a   Leat, Neil ^a   Benjeddou, Mongi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Honeybee; Multiplex; RT PCR; Varroa; Virus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLACK QUEEN CELL VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HONEYBEE; HONEYBEE VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SACBROOD VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BLACK QUEEN CELL VIRUS; SACBROOD VIRUS; VARROA;

EID: 23944458613     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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