Journal
EXPERT REVIEW OF ANTI-INFECTIVE THERAPY
Volume 8, Issue 5, Pages 517-527Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1586/ERI.10.24
Keywords
influenza A virus; molecular surveillance; real-time PCR; RT-PCR; surveillance
Funding
- NIAID
- NIH
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [ZIAAI001113, ZIAAI000996] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Molecular-based techniques for detecting influenza viruses have become an integral component of human and animal surveillance programs in the last two decades. The recent pandemic of the swine-origin influenza A virus (H1N1) and the continuing circulation of highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (H5N1) further stress the need for rapid and accurate identification and subtyping of influenza viruses for surveillance, outbreak management, diagnosis and treatment. There has been remarkable progress on the detection and molecular characterization of influenza virus infections in clinical, mammalian, domestic poultry and wild bird samples in recent years. The application of these techniques, including reverse transcriptase-PCR, real-time PCR, microarrays and other nucleic acid sequencing-based amplifications, have greatly enhanced the capability for surveillance and characterization of influenza viruses.
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