Rapid detection of west nile virus from human clinical specimens, field-collected mosquitoes, and avian samples by a TaqMan reverse transcriptase-PCR assay.

Lanciotti, R S

Rapid detection of west nile virus from human clinical specimens, field-collected mosquitoes, and avian samples by a TaqMan reverse transcriptase-PCR assay. [electronic resource] - Journal of clinical microbiology Nov 2000 - 4066-71 p. digital

Publication Type: Evaluation Study; Journal Article

0095-1137

10.1128/JCM.38.11.4066-4071.2000 doi


Animals
Bird Diseases--diagnosis
Birds--virology
Brain--virology
Chlorocebus aethiops
Culicidae--virology
Humans
RNA, Viral--blood
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sensitivity and Specificity
Taq Polymerase--metabolism
Vero Cells
Virus Cultivation
West Nile Fever--diagnosis
West Nile virus--genetics