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Differentiation of Variola major and Variola minor variants by MGB-Eclipse probe melt curves and genotyping analysis.
Molecular and cellular probes - 1 Jan 2000
Loveless Bonnie M, Mucker Eric M, Hartmann Christopher, Craw Philip D, Huggins John, Kulesh David A
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Smallpox, caused by the Variola major virus, is considered to be one of the most lethal of all potential biological weapons and has far-reaching consequences. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays are available as a reliable diagnostic tool to detect members of the genus Orthopoxvirus. In addition real-time PCR assays specific for the variola virus have been developed that distinguish it from other...
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