Development and evaluation of a real-time PCR assay for rapid identification and semi-quantitation of measles virus

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1587-1592

  Thomas, Brenda ^a   Beard, Stuart ^a   Jin, Li ^a   Brown, Kevin E ^a   Brown, David W G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measles RNA; Measles virus; Quantitation; Rapid diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE; URINALYSIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LOAD;

DNA PRIMERS; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOUTH; NASOPHARYNX; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE; VIRAL LOAD;

MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 34548250462     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20997     Document Type: Article

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