AC-ELISA and RT-PCR assays for the diagnosis of triatoma virus (TrV) in triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) species

Archives of Virology

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1427-1432

  Marti, Gerardo A ^a,b   González, Ester T ^c   García, Juan J ^b   Viguera, Ana R ^d   Guérin, Diego M A ^d   Echeverría, María G ^c  

^a Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^d CSIC UPV Unidad de Biofisica UBF   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMIPTERA; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PICORNAVIRUS; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIATOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMIPTERA; IMMUNOASSAY; INSECT VIRUSES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PICORNAVIRIDAE; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RABBITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIATOMA;

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMA VIRUS;

EID: 47649114287     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-008-0130-x     Document Type: Article

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