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Development of a novel real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the quantitative detection of Nipah virus replicative viral RNA
19 Jun 2018
Abstract excerpt
Nipah virus (NiV) is a highly pathogenic zoonotic paramyxovirus that can result in severe pulmonary disease and fatal encephalitis in humans and is responsible for outbreaks in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, India and possibly the Philippines. NiV has a negative-sense RNA genome that contains six genes and serves as a template for production of viral mRNA transcripts. NiV mRNA transcripts are subsequently...
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