Comparison of Transcriptomic Platforms for Analysis of Whole Blood from Ebola-Infected Cynomolgus Macaques

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Speranza, Emily ^a   Altamura, Louis A ^b   Kulcsar, Kirsten ^b   Bixler, Sandra L ^b   Rossi, Cynthia A ^b   Schoepp, Randal J ^b   Nagle, Elyse ^b   Aguilar, William ^b   Douglas, Christina E ^b   Delp, Korey L ^b   Minogue, Timothy D ^b   Palacios, Gustavo ^b   Goff, Arthur J ^b   Connor, John H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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EID: 85033402855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15145-7     Document Type: Article

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