Simultaneous detection and differentiation by multiplex real time RT-PCR of highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 classic (clade 2.2.1 proper) and escape mutant (clade 2.2.1 variant) lineages in Egypt

Virology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Abdelwhab, El Sayed M ^a,b,c   Erfan, Ahmed M ^b   Grund, Christian ^a   Ziller, Mario ^a   Arafa, Abdel Satar ^b   Beer, Martin ^a   Aly, Mona M ^b   Hafez, Hafez M ^c   Harder, Timm C ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHICKEN; CLADISTICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EGYPT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POULTRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGYPT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POULTRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957360493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-260     Document Type: Article

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