Non-infectious plasmid engineered to simulate multiple viral threat agents

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-33

  Carrera, Monica ^a   Sagripanti, Jose Luis ^b  

^a Laboratory of the Association of Biochemists and Pharmacists (COFYB Argentina)   (Argentina)

^b Research Development & Engineering Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo virus; Dengue; Eastern equine encephalitis; Ebola; Influenza; Junin virus; Lassa virus; Machupo; Marburg virus; Rift Valley Fever; Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis; Yellow Fever

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EBOLA VIRUS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LASSA VIRUS; MACHUPO ARENAVIRUS; MARBURG VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SIMULATION; THREAT; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

ARENAVIRUSES, NEW WORLD; DENGUE VIRUS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RECOMBINANT; DNA, VIRAL; EBOLAVIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; JUNIN VIRUS; LASSA VIRUS; MARBURGVIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; VIRUSES; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

DENGUE VIRUS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EBOLA VIRUS; EQUIDAE; JUNIN VIRUS; LAKE VICTORIA MARBURGVIRUS; LASSA VIRUS; MACHUPO VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 67349244892     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.02.021     Document Type: Article

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