Fast and reliable diagnostic methods for the detection of human poxvirus infections

Future Virology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 467-479

  Kurth, Andreas ^a   Nitsche, Andreas ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Electron microscopy; Human poxviruses; Real time PCR; Variola virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CIDOFOVIR; ST 246; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINIA VACCINE;

CHORDOPOXVIRINAE; COWPOX VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERADICATION THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MOLLUSCIPOXVIRUS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PARAPOXVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SMALLPOX VIRUS; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

POXVIRIDAE; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 34748908840     PISSN: 17460794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17460794.2.5.467     Document Type: Review

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