Binkhamis K, Gillis H, Lafreniere JD, Hiebert J, Mendoza L, Pettipas J, Severini A, Hatchette TF, LeBlanc JJ. Comparison of monoplex and duplex RT-PCR assays for the detection of measles virus.
J Virol Methods 2016;
239:58-60. [PMID:
27838260 DOI:
10.1016/j.jviromet.2016.11.003]
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Abstract
Rapid and accurate detection of measles virus is important for case diagnosis and public health management. This study compared the performance of two monoplex RT-PCR reactions targeting the H and N genes to a duplex RT-PCR targeting both genes simultaneously. The duplex simplified processing without compromising assay performance characteristic.
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