Evaluation of a generic RT-nested-PCR for detection of flaviviruses in suspected fatal cases of dengue infection, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 167-170

  de Araújo, Josélio Maria Galvão ^a   Gomes, Gabriella Mello ^b   da Costa Faria, Nieli Rodrigues ^b   de Araújo, Eliane Saraiva Machado ^b   de Filippis, Ana Maria Bispo ^b   dos Santos, Flávia Barreto ^b   Schatzmayr, Hermann Gonçalves ^b   Nogueira, Rita Maria Ribeiro ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dengue; Fatal cases; Generic RT nested PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DENGUE VIRUS 3; EPIDEMIC; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

DENGUE VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 84869078146     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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