A family-wide RT-PCR assay for detection of paramyxoviruses and application to a large-scale surveillance study.

Family-wide molecular diagnostic assays are valuable tools for initial identification of viruses during outbreaks and to limit costs of surveillance studies. Recent discoveries of paramyxoviruses have called for such assay that is able to detect all known and unknown paramyxoviruses in one round of...

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Main Authors: Sander van Boheemen, Theo M Bestebroer, Josanne H Verhagen, Albert D M E Osterhaus, Suzan D Pas, Sander Herfst, Ron A M Fouchier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3319594?pdf=render