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SUBMITTER: Kondas AV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4365196 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kondas Ashley V AV Olson Victoria A VA Li Yu Y Abel Jason J Laker Miriam M Rose Laura L Wilkins Kimberly K Turner Jonathan J Kline Richard R Damon Inger K IK
Journal of clinical microbiology 20150211 4
A public health response relies upon rapid and reliable confirmation of disease by diagnostic assays. Here, we detail the design and validation of two variola virus-specific real-time PCR assays, since previous assays cross-reacted with newly identified cowpox viruses. The assay specificity must continually be reassessed as other closely related viruses are identified. ...[more]