Effects of carcase decomposition on rabies virus infectivity and detection

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 207, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-113

  McElhinney, Lorraine M ^a,b   Marston, Denise A ^a   Brookes, Sharon M ^a   Fooks, Anthony R ^a,b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcase; Decomposition; Diagnosis; Rabies virus; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES TISSUE CULTURE INOCULATION TEST; RABIES VIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIABILITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CADAVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CADAVER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904569473     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2014.06.024     Document Type: Article

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