Absolute quantitation of Marek's disease virus and Herpesvirus of turkeys in chicken lymphocyte, feather tip and dust samples using real-time PCR

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 127-134

  Islam, Aminul ^a   Cheetham, Brian F ^a   Mahony, Timothy J ^b   Young, Peter L ^b   Walkden Brown, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Herpesvirus of turkeys; Marek's disease virus serotype 1; qPCR; Real time PCR; Viral quantitation

Indexed keywords

DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; AVIAN LYMPHOMATOSIS HERPETOVIRUS; CALCULATION; CHICKEN; DUST; FEATHER; GENOME; HERPES VIRUS; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPLEEN; STANDARD; TURKEY (BIRD); VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TITRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DNA, VIRAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, MELEAGRID; HERPESVIRUS 2, GALLID; LYMPHOCYTES; MAREK DISEASE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLUS GALLUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; MARDIVIRUS; MELEAGRID HERPESVIRUS 1; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 31844442242     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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