A duplex real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of St. Louis encephalitis and eastern equine encephalitis viruses

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 272-279

  Hull, Rene ^a   Nattanmai, Seela ^a   Kramer, Laura D ^a,b   Bernard, Kristen A ^a,b   Tavakoli, Norma P ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern equine encephalitis virus; Molecular detection; Real time RT PCR; Saint Louis encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; GENE E1; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NS5 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 53949084016     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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