MassTag Polymerase Chain Reaction for Differential Diagnosis of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Viral hemorrhagic fevers are associated with high rates of illness and death. Although therapeutic options are limited, early differential diagnosis has implications for containment and may aid in clinical management. We describe a diagnostic system for rapid, multiplex polymerase chain reaction ide...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Palacios, Thomas Briese, Vishal Kapoor, Omar Jabado, Zhiqiang Liu, Marietjie Venter, Junhui Zhai, Neil Renwick, Allen Grolla, Thomas W. Geisbert, Christian Drosten, Jonathan S. Towner, Jingyue Ju, Janusz Paweska, Stuart T. Nichol, Robert Swanepoel, Heinz Feldmann, Peter B. Jahrling, W. Ian Lipkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/4/05-1515_article