Detection of negative-sense RNA in packaged hepatitis E virions by use of an improved strand-specific reverse transcription-PCR method

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1467-1470

  Chatterjee, Subhashis N ^a   Devhare, Pradip B ^a   Lole, Kavita S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; EXONUCLEASE; GENOMIC RNA; NEGATIVE SENSE RNA; POSITIVE SENSE RNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAND SPECIFIC REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FECES; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, ANTISENSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 84858603075     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06717-11     Document Type: Article

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