Short report: Rapid detection and quantification of chikungunya virus by a one-step reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction real-time assay

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-524

  Carletti, Fabrizio ^a   Bordi, Licia ^a   Chiappini, Roberta ^a   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a   Sciarrone, Maria R ^a   Capobianchi, Maria R ^a   Di Caro, Antonino ^a   Castilletti, Concetta ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; ADULT; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 35748955820     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.521     Document Type: Article

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