Surveillance for Reassortant Virus by Multiplex Reverse Transcription-PCR Specific for Eight Genomic Segments of Avian Influenza A H5N1 Viruses
- 1 May 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 45 (5) , 1637-1639
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00382-07
Abstract
Avian influenza H5N1 virus is a global threat. An emergence of a reassortant virus with a pandemic potential is a major concern. Here we describe a multiplex reverse transcription-PCR assay that is specific for the eight genomic segments of the currently circulating H5N1 viruses to facilitate surveillance for a virus resulting from reassortment between human influenza virus and the H5N1 virus.Keywords
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