Detection of feline leukemia virus RNA in saliva from naturally infected cats and correlation of PCR results with those of current diagnostic methods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 916-922

  Gomes Keller, M A ^a   Gonczi E ^a   Tandon, R ^a   Riondato, F ^b   Hofmann Lehmann, R ^b   Meli, M L ^a   Lutz, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P27; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALS; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; LEUKEMIA, FELINE; MALE; PROVIRUSES; RETROVIRIDAE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 33644923555     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.916-922.2006     Document Type: Article

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