A quantitative, real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for beak and feather disease virus

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-104

  Shearer, Patrick L ^a   Sharp, Margaret ^a   Bonne, Nicolai ^a   Clark, Phillip ^a   Raidal, Shane R ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circovirus; PBFD; Psittacine beak and feather disease; qPCR; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BEAK AND FEATHER DISEASE VIRUS; BLOOD; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEATHER; FLUORESCENCE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS; VIRUS LOAD;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CIRCOVIRUS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; FEATHERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

AVES; BEAK AND FEATHER DISEASE VIRUS; CIRCOVIRUS; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 67349183914     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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