Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay for rabies virus detection

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 398-400

  DantasJ V Jr , ^a   Kimura, L M S ^b   Ferreira, M S R ^a   Fialho, A M ^a   Almeida, M M S ^a   Gregio C R V ^a   Romijn, P C ^b   Leite, J P G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b PESAGRO RIO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Rabies virus; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE SEQUENCE; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TECHNIQUE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 4844231877     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-09352004000300017     Document Type: Article

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