Influenza detection and subtyping by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism for laboratory surveillance in Brazil

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-447

  Carraro, Emerson ^a   Watanabe, Aripuanã Sakurada Aranha ^a   Neto, Daniel Ferreira Lima ^a   Granato, Celso Francisco Hernandes ^a   Bellei, Nancy Cristina Junqueira ^a  

^a Medicine Department   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Influenza; PCR RFLP; Subtyping; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

BRAZIL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 40749102455     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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