Emergence of bluetongue serotypes in Europe, Part 1: Description and validation of four Real-time RT-PCR assays for the serotyping of bluetongue viruses BTV-1, BTV-6, BTV-8 and BTV-11

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 346-354

  Vandenbussche, F ^a   De Leeuw, I ^a   Vandemeulebroucke, E ^a   De Clercq, K ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; RT qPCR; Serotyping; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; GENETICS; HAMSTER; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; EUROPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70449413503     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2009.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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