A naturally occurring mutation within the probe-binding region compromises a molecular-based west nile virus surveillance assay for mosquito pools (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 939-941

  Brault, Aaron C ^a   Fang, Ying ^b   Dannen, Maureen ^b   Anishchenko, Michael ^a   Reisen, William K ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

mosquito pool; mutation; probe binding region; qRT PCR; surveillance

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; DNA PROBE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; POINT MUTATION; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULICIDAE; DNA PROBES; POINT MUTATION; RNA, VIRAL; VERO CELLS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84863734219     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11287     Document Type: Article

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