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Forensic signatures for Marburgviruses.
Forensic science international - 10 Dec 2013
Song Jian, Wolinsky Murray, Wren Melinda, Burr Tom, Li Po-E, Doggett Norman
Abstract excerpt
Marburgvirus is one of the most important hemorrhagic fever viruses with extremely high infectivity and fatality rate (~90%). It is transmitted easily in human populations through a respiratory route and therefore considered as a major biothreat agent. Although detection assays have been developed, no assay is available for forensic analysis. Here we report development of forensic assays for Marburgvirus. We...
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