Application of real-time PCR and ELISA assays for equine influenza virus to determine the duration of viral RNA shedding and onset of antibody response in naturally infected horses

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages 42-43

  Read, A J ^a   Finlaison, D S ^a   Gu, X ^a   Davis, R J ^a   Arzey, K E ^a   Kirkland, P D ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blocking enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Equine influenza virus; Haemagglutination inhibition; Laboratory testing; Real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EQUIDAE; EQUINE INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 79959773373     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2011.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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