Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 62, Issue 3 , Pages 272-279 , November 2008

A duplex real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of St. Louis encephalitis and eastern equine encephalitis viruses

  • Rene Hull

      Affiliations

    • Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12208, USA
    • ,
  • Seela Nattanmai

      Affiliations

    • Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12208, USA
    • Present address: Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY.
    • ,
  • Laura D. Kramer

      Affiliations

    • Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12208, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222, USA
    • ,
  • Kristen A. Bernard

      Affiliations

    • Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12208, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222, USA
    • ,
  • Norma P. Tavakoli

      Affiliations

    • Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12208, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Empire State Plaza, PO Box 509, Albany, NY 12201. Tel.: +1-518-474-3046; fax: +1-518-486-2693.

Received 18 April 2008 ,Accepted 9 July 2008.

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PII: S0732-8893(08)00312-X

doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.07.004

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 62, Issue 3 , Pages 272-279 , November 2008

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