Quantitative real-time RT-PCR detection of flaviviruses associated with camel ticks in Egypt

Global Veterinaria

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 394-402

  Abdel Shafy, Sobhy ^a   Allam, Nesreen A T ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus; Hyalomma dromedarii; Hyalomma marginatum rufipes; qReal Time RT PCR; Transmission electron microscopy; Vero cells

Indexed keywords

ALKHURMA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; CAMELIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM RUFIPES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 84876030464     PISSN: 19926197     EISSN: 19998163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.gv.2013.10.4.7235     Document Type: Article

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