Comparison of three molecular methods for the detection of Pilchard herpesvirus in archived paraffin-embedded tissue and frozen tissue

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-44

  Crockford, Melanie ^a,b   Jones, J Brian ^a   McColl, Kenneth ^c   Whittington, Richard J ^d  

^a Biodiversity and Biosecurity Branch   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epizootic; ISH; PCR; PHV; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

CLUPEOID; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; FISH DISEASE; FREEZING; HERPES VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FREEZING; HERPESVIRIDAE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CLUPEIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE; PILCHARD HERPESVIRUS; PROSPECT HILL VIRUS; SARDINOPS SAGAX;

EID: 38449098942     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01965     Document Type: Article

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