Rapid detection of Lassa virus by reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal amplification

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-50

  Fukuma, Aiko ^a,b,c   Kurosaki, Yohei ^a,b   Morikawa, Yuko ^c   Grolla, Allen ^d   Feldmann, Heinz ^d,e,f   Yasuda, Jiro ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Lassa virus; RT LAMP

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASSA VIRUS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIERRA LEONE; VIRUS DETECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; LASSA VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; TIME FACTORS;

LASSA VIRUS;

EID: 78650328441     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2010.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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