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Molecular methods to distinguish between classical rabies and the rabies-related European bat lyssaviruses.
Journal of virological methods - 1 Jun 2000
Black E M, McElhinney L M, Lowings J P, Smith J, Johnstone P, Heaton P R
Abstract excerpt
A rapid and sensitive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay for the detection of classical rabies virus (genotype 1) and the rabies related European bat lyssaviruses (EBLs) (genotypes 5 and 6) was developed. When combined with specific oligonucleotide probes and a PCR-enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (PCR-ELISA), genotype 5 and 6 viruses can be distinguished from each other and from...
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