Analytical and clinical performance of the CDC real time RT-PCR assay for detection and typing of dengue virus.

• Автори: Gilberto A Santiago (Автор), Edgardo Vergne (Автор), Yashira Quiles (Автор), Joan Cosme (Автор), Jesus Vazquez (Автор), Juan F Medina (Автор), Freddy Medina (Автор), Candimar Colón (Автор), Harold Margolis (Автор), Jorge L Muñoz-Jordán (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Предмети: article
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Dengue is an acute illness caused by the positive-strand RNA dengue virus (DENV). There are four genetically distinct DENVs (DENV-1-4) that cause disease in tropical and subtropical countries. Most patients are viremic when they present with symptoms; therefore, RT-PCR has been increasingly used in...