Dual Combined Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Diagnosis of Lyssavirus Infection.

• Main Authors: Laurent Dacheux (Author), Florence Larrous (Author), Rachel Lavenir (Author), Anthony Lepelletier (Author), Abdellah Faouzi (Author), Cécile Troupin (Author), Jalal Nourlil (Author), Philippe Buchy (Author), Herve Bourhy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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The definitive diagnosis of lyssavirus infection (including rabies) in animals and humans is based on laboratory confirmation. The reference techniques for post-mortem rabies diagnosis are still based on direct immunofluorescence and virus isolation, but molecular techniques, such as polymerase chai...