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SUBMITTER: Peserico A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6368598 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peserico Alessia A Marcacci Maurilia M Malatesta Daniela D Di Domenico Marco M Pratelli Annamaria A Mangone Iolanda I D'Alterio Nicola N Pizzurro Federica F Cirone Francesco F Zaccaria Guendalina G Cammà Cesare C Lorusso Alessio A
Scientific reports 20190208 1
Prompt identification of the causative pathogen of an infectious disease is essential for the choice of treatment or preventive measures. In this perspective, nucleic acids purified from the brain tissue of a dog succumbed after severe neurological signs were processed with the MinION (Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Oxford UK) sequencing technology. Canine distemper virus (CDV) sequence reads were detected. Subsequently, a specific molecular test and immunohistochemistry were used to confirm the ...[more]