Absolute quantification using real-time polymerase chain reaction of Marek's disease virus serotype 2 in field dust samples, feather tips and spleens

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-191

  Renz, Katrin G ^a   Islam, Aminul ^a   Cheetham, Brian F ^a   Walkden Brown, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absolute quantification; Marek's disease virus serotype 2; qPCR; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVIAN LYMPHOMATOSIS HERPETOVIRUS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DUST; FEATHER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SPLEEN; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DUST; FEATHERS; HERPESVIRUS 3, GALLID; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES;

GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33745133657     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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