Development of a nested PCR and its internal control for the detection of African swine fever virus (ASFV) in Ornithodoros erraticus

Archives of Virology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 819-826

  Basto, A P ^a   Portugal, R S ^a   Nix, R J ^b   Cartaxeiro, C ^a   Boinas, F ^a   Dixon, L K ^b   Leitao A ^c   Martins, C ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE DISEASE; TICK; VIROLOGY;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; ORNITHODOROS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ORNITHODOROS;

EID: 33645023064     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-005-0654-2     Document Type: Article

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