Real-time quantitative reverse transcription-PCR assays specifically detecting bluetongue virus serotypes 1, 6, and 8

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2992-2994

  Hoffmann, Bernd ^a   Eschbaumer, Michael ^a   Beer, Martin ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TYPING;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS;

EID: 69949091442     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00599-09     Document Type: Article

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