Rapid identification of dengue virus by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction using field-deployable instrumentation

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1053-1059

  McAvin, James C ^a   Escamilla, Elizabeth M ^a   Blow, Jamie A ^b   Turell, Michael J ^b   Quintana, Miguel ^c   Bowles, David E ^d   Swaby, James A ^d   Barnes, William J ^a   Huff, William B ^a   Lohman, Kenton L ^a   Atchley, Daniel H ^a   Hickman, John R ^a   Niemeyer, Debra M ^e,f  

^a Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine West   (United States)

^d Lackland Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

^e Office of the Surgeon General   (United States)

^f Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GENOMIC DNA; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS; EQUIPMENT; FIELD DEPLOYABLE INSTRUMENTATION; FLUOROGENIC PROBE HYDROLYSIS; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REACTION TIME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; SERUM; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; THERMOCYCLER; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 29144536756     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.12.1053     Document Type: Article

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