Development of a real-time RT-PCR assay with TaqMan probe for specific detection of acute bee paralysis virus

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 63-68

  Ciglenečki, Urška Jamnikar ^a   Toplak, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Acute bee paralysis virus; Honeybee; Limiting dilution; Real time PCR; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICISTROVIRIDAE; DILUTION; GERMANY; HUNGARY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLOVENIA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BEES; DICISTROVIRIDAE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ACUTE BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 84863850793     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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