Detection and quantification of infectious avian influenza a (H5N1) virus in environmental water by using real-time reverse transcription-PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2165-2174

  Dovas, C I ^a   Papanastassopoulou, M ^a   Georgiadis, M P ^a   Chatzinasiou, E ^a   Maliogka, V I ^a,b   Georgiades, G K ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Ministry of Rural Development and Food   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIRDS; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIO-SECURITY; CDNA SYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION OF; DETECTION SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; FORMALIN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; INCUBATION PERIODS; INTERNAL CONTROLS; NATURAL WATERS; PCR AMPLIFICATION; Q-RT-PCR; REPRODUCIBILITIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE;

ADSORPTION; AMPLIFICATION; FORMALDEHYDE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RNA; TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUSES;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

VIRUS RNA;

AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIOSAFETY; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURFACE WATER; VIRUS; WATER QUALITY; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANATIDAE; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 77950280644     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01929-09     Document Type: Article

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