Quadraplex qRT-PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of Eastern equine encephalitis virus and West Nile virus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-132

  Zink, Steven D ^a   Jones, Susan A ^a   Maffei, Joseph G ^a   Kramer, Laura D ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern equine encephalitis; Mosquito surveillance; Multiplex PCR; QRT PCR; West nile virus

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ENVELOPE GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOSQUITO; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NONSTRUCTURAL GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SEASON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLEPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE; MULTIPLEX PCR; QRT-PCR; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MAMMALS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84884412534     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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