The use of FTA® filter papers for diagnosis of avian influenza virus

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 120-122

  Abdelwhab, E M ^a   Lüschow, Dörte ^a   Harder, Timm C ^b   Hafez, Hafez M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian influenza virus; FTA cards; Inactivation; RT qPCR; Shipment; Storage

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FILTER PAPER; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H6N2; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STORAGE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHICKENS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PAPER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIROLOGY; VIRUSES;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79955769122     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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