Development of a real-time RT-PCR for the detection of Swine-lineage Influenza A (H1N1) virus infections

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-199

  Carr, Michael J ^a   Gunson, Rory ^b   Maclean, Alasdair ^b   Coughlan, Suzie ^a   Fitzgerald, Margaret ^c   Scully, Mary ^c   O'Herlihy, Brian ^c   Ryan, John ^d   O'Flanagan, Darina ^e   Connell, Jeff ^a   Carman, William F ^b   Hall, William W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DR STEEVENS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Matrix gene; Real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Swine lineage influenza virus (H1N1)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DILUTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRELAND; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWINE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; IRELAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 67649236100     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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