Comparison of a nucleoprotein gene based RT-PCR with real time RT-PCR for diagnosis of avian influenza in clinical specimens

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 504-507

  Nagarajan, S ^a   Murugkar, H V ^a   Tosh, C ^a   Behera, P ^a   Khandia, R ^a   Jain, R ^a   Katare, M ^a   Syed, Z ^a   Tripati, S ^a   Dubey, S C ^a  

^a ICAR National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

Avian influenza virus; NP gene; Real time RT PCR; RT PCR; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EGG; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES; INDIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOPROTEIN GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; GENES, VIRAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N3 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 84857412548     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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