Detection of Infectious Poxvirus Particles
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To enable rapid and reliable detection of poxviruses in clinical and environmental specimens, a diagnostic approach was developed to detect <3 PFU of infectious poxvirus particles in <5 hours. This approach involved virus culture combined with real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction detection of 2 viral genes expressed immediately after infection.
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دوره 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006