Specific detection of H5NI avian influenza A virus in field specimens by a one-step RT-PCR assay

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ng, Lisa F P ^a   Barr, Ian ^b   Nguyen, Tung ^c   Noor, Suriani Mohd ^d   Tan, Rosemary Sok Pin ^e   Agathe, Lora V ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^a   Khalil, Hassuzana ^d   To, Thanh Long ^c   Hassan, Sharifah Syed ^d   Ren, Ee Chee ^a,f  

^a GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

^c National Centre for Veterinary Diagnostics   (Viet Nam)

^d VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^e Veredus Laboratories Pte Ltd Singapore Science Park   (Singapore)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIET NAM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; GENETICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645473329     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-40     Document Type: Article

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