Improved RT-PCR for diagnosis and epidemiological surveillance of rubella

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-80

  Cooray, S ^a   Warrener, L ^a   Jin, L ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital rubella syndrome; Genotyping; RT PCR; Rubella virus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RUBELLA; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; RUBELLA VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29644446454     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.12.020     Document Type: Article

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