Broadly reactive pan-paramyxovirus reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and sequence analysis for the detection of Canine distemper virus in a case of canine meningoencephalitis of unknown etiology

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 844-849

  Schatzberg, Scott J ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Porter, Brian F ^b   Barber, Renee M ^a   Claiborne, Mary Kate ^a   Levine, Jonathan M ^b   Levine, Gwendolyn J ^b   Israel, Sarah K ^b   Young, Benjamin D ^b   Kiupel, Matti ^c   Greene, Craig ^a   Ruone, Susan ^d   Anderson, Larry ^d   Tong, Suxiang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine distemper virus; Consensus; Degenerate primer; Meningoencephalitis; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 70449348841     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870902100613     Document Type: Article

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