Development of an improved real time PCR for the detection of bovine leukaemia provirus nucleic acid and its use in the clarification of inconclusive serological test results

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 258-264

  Rola Łuszczak, Marzena ^a   Finnegan, Christopher ^b   Olech, Monika ^a   Choudhury, Bhudipa ^b   Kuźmak, Jacek ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine leukaemia virus; Proviral DNA; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH STATUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA, VIRAL; ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; POLAND; PROVIRUSES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 84875802530     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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