Diagnostic accuracy of a duplex real-time reverse transcription quantitative PCR assay for detection of African horse sickness virus

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-35

  Guthrie, Alan J ^a   MacLachlan, N James ^a,b   Joone, Christopher ^a   Lourens, Carina W ^a   Weyer, Camilla T ^a   Quan, Melvyn ^a   Monyai, Mpho S ^a   Gardner, Ian A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

African horse sickness virus; Diagnostic sensitivity; Diagnostic specificity; RT qPCR; STARD

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HORSE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AFRICA; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALS; HORSES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873265661     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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