Sustained high-throughput polymerase chain reaction diagnostics during the European epidemic of Bluetongue virus serotype 8

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 469-478

  van Rijn, Piet A ^a   Heutink, René G ^a   Boonstra, Jan ^a   Kramps, Hans A ^a   van Gennip, René G P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; high throughput; molecular diagnosis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BOVIDS; CHEMISTRY; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NETHERLANDS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; NETHERLANDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RUMINANTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860152904     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638712440986     Document Type: Article

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