Methods to prevent PCR amplification of DNA from non-viable virus were not successful for infectious laryngotracheitis virus.

Molecular-based testing of poultry dust has been used as a fast, sensitive and specific way to monitor viruses in chicken flocks but it provides no information on viral viability. Differentiation of viable and nonviable virus would expand the usefulness of PCR-based detection. This study tested thre...

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Main Authors: Yugal Raj Bindari, Stephen W Walkden-Brown, Priscilla F Gerber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232571