Detection of Puumala and Rift Valley Fever virus by quantitative RT-PCR and virus viability tests in samples of blood dried and stored on filter paper

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 186-190

  Näslund, Jonas ^a,b   Kerner, Alexander ^a   Drobni, Peter ^a   Bucht, Göran ^b   Evander, Magnus ^a   Ahlm, Clas ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Filter paper; Hantavirus; Rift Valley fever virus; RT PCR; Viral haemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER PAPER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; RNA EXTRACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS VIABILITY; VIRUS VIABILITY TEST;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; DESICCATION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PAPER; PUUMALA VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; HANTAVIRUS; PUUMALA; PUUMALA VIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 80955157366     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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