Multiplex RT-PCR assays for the simultaneous detection of both RNA and DNA viruses infecting cassava and the common occurrence of mixed infections by two cassava brown streak viruses in East Africa

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-184

  Abarshi, M M ^a   Mohammed, I U ^a   Jeremiah, S C ^b   Legg, J P ^b   Kumar, P Lava ^c   Hillocks, R J ^a   Maruthi, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE IITA   (Tanzania)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Cassava; CBSVs; CMBs; Duplex and multiplex RT PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CASSAVA BROWN STREAK UGANDA VIRUS; CASSAVA BROWN STREAK VIRUS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAST AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS; KENYA; MOSAIC VIRUS; MULTIPLEX REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRAL PLANT DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINATION;

AFRICA, EASTERN; COINFECTION; DNA VIRUSES; MANIHOT; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PLANT DISEASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUSES;

AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS; BEGOMOVIRUS; CASSAVA BROWN STREAK VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; EAST AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS; GEMINIVIRIDAE; IPOMOVIRUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; POTYVIRIDAE;

EID: 84855246237     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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