Detection of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus type 1 in asymptomatic elephants using TaqMan real-time PCR

Veterinary Record

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 205-

  Hardman, K ^a   Dastjerdi, A ^b   Gurrala, R ^c   Routh, A ^d   Banks, M ^b   Steinbach, F ^b   Bouts, T ^b,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ELEPHANT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; ELEPHANTS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 84857808173     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.100270     Document Type: Article

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