A sensitive one-step real-time RT-PCR method for detection of deformed wing virus and black queen cell virus in honeybee Apis mellifera

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-281

  Kukielka, Deborah ^a   Esperón, Fernando ^a   Higes, Mariano ^b   Sánchez Vizcaíno, Jose Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Centro Apicola Regional   (Spain)

Author keywords

BQCV; Depopulation; DWV; Honeybee; Real time RT PCR; SYBR Green

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLACK QUEEN VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HONEYBEE; INSECT VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WING VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; BLACK QUEEN CELL VIRUS; DEFORMED WING VIRUS;

EID: 37549028445     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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