Conservation of nucleotide sequences for molecular diagnosis of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, 2015

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages e25-e27

  Furuse, Yuki ^a   Okamoto, Michiko ^a   Oshitani, Hitoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Evolution; Genome; Laboratory; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Sequence

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84945231649     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.09.018     Document Type: Article

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