Comparison of 11 herpesvirus isolates from tortoises using partial sequences from three conserved genes

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 258-266

  Marschang, Rachel E ^a   Gleiser, Corinna B ^a   Papp, Tibor ^a   Pfitzner, Artur J P ^a   Böhm, Reinhard ^a   Roth, Bernhard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alphaherpesvirus; Herpesvirus; PCR; Testudo; Tortoise

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HERPES VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURTLES;

ALPHAHERPESVIRINAE; HERPESVIRIDAE; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO; TORTOISE HERPESVIRUS;

EID: 33748803962     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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