An alternative method for the synthesis of competitor RNA transcripts useful for specific detection and quantitation of dengue virus serotype 2 genome and replicative intermediate RNA

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 72-76

  Vaughan, Gilberto ^a   Gonzalez Hernandez, Yolanda ^b   Gudino, Jose Carmen ^c   Olivera, Hiram ^d   Landa Piedra, Abraham ^e   Escobar Gutierrez, Alejandro ^a  

^a Institute for Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^c Secretariat of Health   (Mexico)

^d Secretariat of Health   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dengue; Replicative intermediate; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DENGUE VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TITRATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

DENGUE VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 48149088460     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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