Multicolour, multiplex real-time PCR assay for the detection of human-pathogenic poxviruses

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-113

  Schroeder, Kati ^a   Nitsche, Andreas ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Molluscipoxvirus; Multicolour PCR; Multiplex PCR; Orthopoxvirus; Parapoxvirus; Poxvirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLLUSCIPOXVIRUS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PARAPOXVIRUS; PLASMID; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DEFECT; VIRUS DETECTION;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; HUMANS; POXVIRIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MOLLUSCIPOXVIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PARAPOXVIRUS; POXVIRIDAE; VARIOLA; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 76849115955     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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