DEVELOPMENT OF DETECTION ASSAYS FOR SINDBIS VIRUS AND INVESTIGATING IN VITRO INFECTION OF MAMMALIAN CELLS
Sindbis virus (SINV) is a member of the Alphavirus genus and belongs to the family Togaviridae. The virus has a positive sense RNA genome of 11700 bases which encodes for both structural and non structural proteins. Infections are frequently diagnosed based on clinical, epidemiological and laborator...
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University of the Free State
2014
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| Online Access: | http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-04112014-154931/restricted/ |