A rapid and specific real-time RT-PCR assay to identify Usutu virus in human plasma, serum, and cerebrospinal fluid

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-223

  Cavrini, Francesca ^a   Pepa, Maria Elena Della ^a   Gaibani, Paolo ^a   Pierro, Anna Maria ^a   Rossini, Giada ^a   Landini, Maria Paola ^a   Sambri, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; Diagnosis; Flaviviruses; Real time RT PCR; Usutu virus

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5; RIBONUCLEASE P;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; USUTU FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PLASMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIROLOGY;

EID: 79951516891     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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