Development and evaluation of a SYBR Green real-time RT-PCR assay for detection of avian hepatitis E virus

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zhao, Qin ^a   Xie, Sha ^a   Sun, Yani ^a   Chen, Yiyang ^a   Gao, Jiming ^a   Li, Huiya ^a   Wang, Xinjie ^a   Syed, Shahid Faraz ^a   Liu, Baoyuan ^a   Wang, Lizhen ^a   Zhang, Gaiping ^b   Zhou, En Min ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Avian hepatitis E virus; Diagnosis; SYBR Green real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

AVES; AVIAN HEPATITIS E VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

ORF3 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SYBR GREEN I; VIRAL PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; CHICKEN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; HEPEVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY DISEASES; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; HEPEVIRUS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POULTRY DISEASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84938775006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-015-0507-5     Document Type: Article

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