Improved PCR methods for detection of african rabies and rabies-related lyssaviruses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3949-3955

  Coertse, Jessica ^a   Weyer, Jacqueline ^b   Nel, Louis H ^a   Markotter, Wanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SYNTHESIS; HEMINESTED REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES VIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION;

AFRICA; HUMANS; LYSSAVIRUS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

LYSSAVIRUS;

EID: 78049514477     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01256-10     Document Type: Article

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