Detection of human orthopoxvirus infections and differentiation of smallpox virus with real-time PCR

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 146-152

  Putkuri, Niina ^a   Piiparinen, Heli ^b   Vaheri, Antti ^a,b   Vapalahti, Olli ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cowpox virus; Orthopoxvirus; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; ECTROMELIA VIRUS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MONKEYPOX; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PHOCOMELIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VIRUS; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS; VERO CELL; VIRUS DETECTION; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRUS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY;

COWPOX VIRUS; ECTROMELIA VIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VARIOLA; VARIOLA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VACCINIA; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 58149238166     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21385     Document Type: Article

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