Sensitive multiplex real-time RT-qPCR assay for the detection of filoviruses

Health Security

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 14-21

  Dedkov, Vladimir G ^a,b,c   Magassouba, N'Faly ^a   Safonova, Marina V ^a   Bodnev, Sergey A ^d   Pyankov, Oleg V ^d   Camara, Jacob ^a   Sylla, Bakary ^a   Agafonov, Alexander P ^a   Maleev, Victor V ^a   Shipulin, German A ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b IZMEROV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Russian Federation)

^c Guinée Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Infectiologie de Guinée Guinean infectiology research and training center   (Guinea)

^d STATE RESEARCH CENTER OF VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY VECTOR   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Ebola virus; Filoviruses; Marburg virus; RT qPCR

Indexed keywords

EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85042222872     PISSN: 23265094     EISSN: 23265108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hs.2017.0027     Document Type: Article

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