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A new quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assay and melting curve analysis for detection and genotyping of Ljungan virus strains.
Journal of virological methods - 1 Apr 2007
Donoso Mantke Oliver, Kallies René, Niklasson Bo, Nitsche Andreas, Niedrig Matthias
Abstract excerpt
Ljungan virus (LV), a new member of the Picornaviridae, recently isolated from vole species in both Sweden and the USA, is suspected to be pathogenic for humans as an aetiological agent in myocarditis, diabetes, neurological disease and perinatal disease. This study describes for the first time a...
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