Rapid molecular strategy for filovirus detection and characterization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 224-226

  Zhai, Junhui ^a   Palacios, Gustavo ^a   Towner, Jonathan S ^b   Jabado, Omar ^a   Kapoor, Vishal ^a   Venter, Marietjie ^c   Grolla, Allen ^d   Briese, Thomas ^a   Paweska, Janusz ^e   Swanepoel, Robert ^e   Feldmann, Heinz ^d,f   Nichol, Stuart T ^b   Lipkin, W Ian ^a  

^a Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FILOVIRUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; EBOLAVIRUS; FILOVIRIDAE; FILOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; MARBURGVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

MARBURGVIRUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33846258056     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01893-06     Document Type: Article

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