Development and field evaluation of a nested RT-PCR kit for detecting Japanese encephalitis virus in mosquitoes

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 248-252

  Jeong, Young Eui ^a   Jeon, Min Ju ^a   Cho, Jung Eun ^a   Han, Myung Guk ^a   Choi, Hwan Ju ^b   Shin, Mi Yeong ^c   Park, Hag Jae ^c   Kim, Woosik ^d   Moon, Bong Chun ^e   Park, Ji Sung ^f   Park, Bona ^f   Ju, Young Ran ^a  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongnam Provincial Government   (South Korea)

^c Jeon Nam Research Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^d Chung Nam Research Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^e Institute of Environmental Resource Research of Jeju Special Self Governing Province   (South Korea)

^f INtRON Biotechnology Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Japanese encephalitis virus; Mosquito; Nested RT PCR; South Korea; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVIVIRUS; GENOTYPE; IN VITRO STUDY; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CULICIDAE; DNA PRIMERS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIROLOGY;

JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 78650560103     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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