A dry-format field-deployable quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay for diagnosis of dengue infections

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 505-510

  Wu, Shuenn Jue ^a   Pal, Subhamoy ^a   Ekanayake, Sajeewane ^a   Greenwald, David ^a   Lara, Silvia ^b   Raviprakash, Kanakatte ^b   Kochel, Tadeusz ^c   Porter, Kevin ^a   Hayes, Curtis ^a   Nelson, William ^b   Callahan, Johnny ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TETRACORE INC   (United States)

^c California   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD;

DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 53749099937     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.505     Document Type: Article

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