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DiagnosticEvaluationofaReal-TimeReverseTranscriptasePCRAssayforDetectionofClassicalSwineFeverVirus
...ehydrolysis(TaqMan)-reversetranscriptase(RT)PCRforclassicalswinefevervirus(CSFV)wasevaluatedfordiagnosticsensitivityandspecificitybyusingclinicalsamplesobtainedfromtheDominicanRepublic,wherethediseaseisenzootic.Thesensitivityofthistest,usingnasalswabsamplestakenfrombothsymptomaticandasymptomaticanim...
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PreclinicalDiagnosisofAfricanSwineFeverinContact-ExposedSwinebyaReal-TimePCRAssay
...poxvirusstrainTU,pseudorabiesvirusstrainBecker,andclassicalswinefevervirus(CSFV)isolateHaiti-96,usedforassessmentofanalyticalassaysensitivityandspecificity,wereobtainedfromthePlumIslandAnimalDiseaseCenterreferencecollection(1,13,18,26,30,35).DNAextraction.DNAwasextractedfrom200μloftissueculturesupe...