Coordinated implementation of chikungunya virus reverse transcription-PCR

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-471

  Panning, Marcus ^a   Charrel, Remi N ^b   Mantke, Oliver D ^c   Landt, Olfert ^d   Niedrig, Matthias ^c   Drosten, Christian ^e  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d TIB MOLBIOL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; EUROPE; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63849265775     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1503.081104     Document Type: Article

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