Effects of fixative type and fixation time on the detection of Maedi Visna virus by PCR and immunohistochemistry in paraffin-embedded ovine lung samples

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 317-324

  Benavides, Julio ^a   García Pariente, Carlos ^a   Gelmetti, Daniela ^b   Fuertes, Miguel ^a   Ferreras, María Carmen ^a   García Marín, Juan Francisco ^a   Pérez, Valentín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bouin's; Fixation; Formalin; Immunohistochemistry; Maedi Visna; PCR; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BOUIN SOLUTION; DNA; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VISNA VIRUS;

ACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PICRATES; PNEUMONIA, PROGRESSIVE INTERSTITIAL, OF SHEEP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE FIXATION; VIRAL PROTEINS; VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; VISNA/MAEDI VIRUS;

EID: 33748678908     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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