Re-assessment of direct fluorescent antibody negative brain tissues with a real-time PCR assay to detect the presence of raccoon rabies virus RNA

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 110-116

  Szanto, Annamaria G ^a   Nadin Davis, Susan A ^b   Rosatte, Richard C ^a   White, Bradley N ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) test; Rabies virus; Raccoon rabies strain; Reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR (RT qPCR)

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CANADA; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOX; GENE DOSAGE; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED FOX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; ONTARIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOONS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; PROCYON; RABIES VIRUS; VULPES;

EID: 79955756678     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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