Development of real-time PCR assay for specific detection of cowpox virus

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-40

  Gavrilova, Elena V ^a   Shcherbakov, Dmitrii N ^a   Maksyutov, Rinat A ^a   Shchelkunov, Sergei N ^a  

^a STATE RESEARCH CENTER OF VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY VECTOR   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cowpox virus; Detection; Orthopoxvirus; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PLASMID DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; COWPOX VIRUS; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALLPOX VIRUS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 77955655462     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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