Inability of real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assay to detect subtype H7 avian influenza viruses isolated from wild birds

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1844-1846

  Xing, Zheng ^a   Cardona, Carol ^b   Dao, Phuong ^b   Crossley, Beate ^a   Hietala, Sharon ^a,b   Boyce, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N7; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA PRIMERS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 43249105341     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02426-07     Document Type: Article

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