Dual-probe real-time PCR assay for detection of variola or other orthopoxviruses with dried reagents

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-195

  Aitichou, Mohamed ^a   Saleh, Sharron ^a   Kyusung, Park ^b   Huggins, John ^a   O'Guinn, Monica ^a   Jahrling, Peter ^c   Ibrahim, Sofi ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b INVITROGEN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowpox; Dried PCR reagents; Monkeypox; Multiplex PCR; Orthopox virus; PCR; Real time PCR; Smallpox; Taqman; Vaccinia; Variola

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; 6 CARBOXYTETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; NUCLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPOX VIRUS; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALLPOX VIRUS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

DNA PROBES; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODAMINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARIOLA VIRUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORTHOPOXVIRUS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VARIOLA; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 53049102603     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.07.018     Document Type: Article

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