Rapid and high-throughput pan-Orthopoxvirus detection and identification using PCR and mass spectrometry.

The genus Orthopoxvirus contains several species of related viruses, including the causative agent of smallpox (Variola virus). In addition to smallpox, several other members of the genus are capable of causing human infection, including monkeypox, cowpox, and other zoonotic rodent-borne poxviruses....

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Main Authors: Mark W Eshoo, Chris A Whitehouse, Aysegul Nalca, Scott Zoll, Joseph A Ecker, Thomas A Hall, Thuy-Trang D Pennella, David D Duncan, Anjali Desai, Emily K Moradi, Karl Rudnick, Brian Libby, Raymond Ranken, Rangarajan Sampath, Steven A Hofstadler, David J Ecker, Lawrence B Blyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2710004?pdf=render