Comparison of the immunofluorescence assay with RT-PCR and nested PCR in the diagnosis of canine distemper

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-359

  Jozwik A ^a   Frymus, T ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Distemper; Immunofluorescence; Nested PCR; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; DOGS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 8844246408     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VERC.0000048528.76429.8b     Document Type: Article

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