Heminested reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (hnRT-PCR) as a tool for rabies virus detection in stored and decomposed samples

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Araújo, Danielle B ^a   Langoni, Helio ^a   Almeida, Marilene F ^b   Megid, Jane ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Center of Zoonosis Control   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 70449500458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-1-17     Document Type: Article

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