Real-time PCR assays for the specific detection of monkeypox virus West African and Congo Basin strain DNA

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 223-227

  Li, Yu ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a   Wilkins, Kimberly ^a   Hughes, Christine ^a   Damon, Inger K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Monkeypox virus Congo Basin strain; Monkeypox virus West African strain; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; MONKEY DISEASES; MONKEYPOX; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

MONKEYPOX VIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 77956192057     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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