Sensitivity of a diagnostic test for amphibian ranavirus varies with sampling protocol

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 525-532

  Greer, Amy L ^a   Collins, James P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambys tomatigrinum virus; Ambystoma tigrinum; Amphibian; Non lethal sampling; Polymerase chain reaction; Rana virus; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM STEBBENSI VIRUS; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM VIRUS; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; IRIDOVIRUS; RANAVIRUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 34548319099     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.3.525     Document Type: Article

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