A single tube RT-PCR assay for the detection of mosquito-borne flaviviruses

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-239

  Ayers, M ^a   Adachi, D ^a   Johnson, G ^a   Andonova, M ^b   Drebot, M ^b   Tellier, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mosquito borne flaviviruses; RT PCR; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; KUNJIN VIRUS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FLAVIVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; WEST NILE VIRUS; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

DENGUE VIRUS GROUP; KUNJIN VIRUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 33745125651     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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