Usefulness of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for detection of rabies RNA in archival samples

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 298-299

  Biswal, Manisha ^a   Ratho, Radhakanta ^a   Mishra, Baijayantimala ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MICE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 34948891639     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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