Saving resources: Avian influenza surveillance using pooled swab samples and reduced reaction volumes in real-time RT-PCR

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 119-125

  Fereidouni, Sasan R ^a   Harder, Timm C ^a   Gaidet, Nicolas ^b   Ziller, Mario ^a   Hoffmann, Bernd ^a   Hammoumi, Saliha ^b   Globig, Anja ^a   Starick, Elke ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Cost reduction; Sample pooling; Surveillance; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FECES; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N3; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; BIRDS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EUROPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POULTRY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIROLOGY;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 84869046770     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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