Species-specific identification of variola, monkeypox, cowpox, and vaccinia viruses by multiplex real-time PCR assay

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-169

  Shchelkunov, Sergei N ^a   Shcherbakov, Dmitrii N ^a   Maksyutov, Rinat A ^a   Gavrilova, Elena V ^a  

^a STATE RESEARCH CENTER OF VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY VECTOR   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cowpox virus; Detection; Monkeypox virus; Multiplex real time PCR; Vaccinia virus; Variola virus

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; MOUSE; MULTIPLEX REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VIRUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRIDAE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

COWPOX VIRUS; MARMOTA; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; MUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VARIOLA; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 79959331073     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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