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Genotype differentiating RT-PCR and sandwich ELISA: handy tools in epidemiological investigation of foot and mouth disease.
Journal of virological methods - 1 Jul 2007
Mohapatra Jajati Keshari, Subramaniam Saravanan, Tosh Chakradhar, Hemadri Divakar, Sanyal Aniket, Periyasamy Tamilselvan Ramasamy, Rasool Thaha Jamal
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Years of molecular epidemiological surveillance has revealed co-circulation of two antigenically divergent genotypes of foot and mouth disease virus serotype A in India. Genotype differentiating RT-PCR and sandwich ELISA were developed as fast, cost-effective and user-friendly alternatives to 1D region based phylogeny for detection and differentiation of genotype VI and VII. The RT-PCR assay targeting 1D region...
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