Highly sensitive TaqMan RT-PCR assay for detection and quantification of both lineages of West Nile virus RNA

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-182

  Tang, Yanlin ^a   Anne Hapip, C ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Fang, Chyang T ^a  

^a HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood donor; Plasma; TaqMan RT PCR; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33745086143     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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