RT-PCR diagnosis followed by sequence characterization of paramyxoviruses in clinical samples from snakes reveals concurrent infections within populations and/or individuals

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 466-472

  Papp, Tibor ^a   Pees, Michael ^b   Schmidt, Volker ^b   Marschang, Rachel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concurrent infection; Paramyxovirus; PCR diagnostics; Reptilian paramyxoviruses; Snake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; HUNGARY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN CULTURE; PARAMYXOVIRUS; POPULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAKE; TISSUE; TRACHEA CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAKES;

ANIMALIA; PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 77955563729     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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