Design and verification of a highly reliable Linear-After-The-Exponential PCR (LATE-PCR) assay for the detection of African swine fever virus

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 8-15

  Ronish, B ^a   Hakhverdyan, M ^b   Stahl K ^b   Belak S ^b   LeBlanc, N ^b   Wangh, L ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

African swine fever virus (ASFV); Detection; Linear After The Exponential (LATE) PCR; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; GENE DOSAGE; GENE TARGETING; LINEAR AFTER THE EXPONENTIAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TONSIL; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; MONOPLEX; SUIDAE;

EID: 79251645403     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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