Effect of preservative on recoverable RT-PCR amplicon length from influenza A virus in bird feces

Avian Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 965-968

  Evers, David L ^a   Slemons, Richard D ^b   Taubenberger, Jeffery K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feces; Influenza; RNA extraction; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; GUANIDINE; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DUCK; FECES; GOOSE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BUFFERS; DUCKS; FECES; GEESE; GUANIDINE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A;

EID: 37349071009     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7880-012207-RESNOTER1.1     Document Type: Article

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