Novel one-step real-time RT-PCR assay for rapid and specific diagnosis of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever encountered in the Balkans

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-179

  Duh, Darja ^a   Saksida, Ana ^a   Petrovec, Miroslav ^a   Dedushaj, Iusuf ^b   Avšič ŽUpanc, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b National Institute of Public Health   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Balkan region; Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; Molecular diagnosis; One step real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

TAQ POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CRUSH SYNDROME; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; NAIRO VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACARI; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; NAIROVIRUS;

EID: 33645298451     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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