Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "RT-qPCR"

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Culicoides species composition and environmental factors influencing African horse sickness distribution at three sites in Namibia

Liebenberg, Danica; Piketh, Stuart; Greyling, Telane; Mienie, Charlotte; De Waal, Tania; Van Hamburg, Huib (Elsevier, 2016)

African horse sickness (AHS) is one of the most lethal infectious, non-contagious, vector-borne disease of equids. The causative agent, African horse sickness virus (AHSV) is transmitted via Culicoides midges (Diptera: ...
Improved PCR diagnostics using up-to-date in silico validation: an F-gene RT-qPCR assay for the detection of all four lineages of peste des petits ruminants virus

Flannery, John; Van Rijn, Piet A.; Rajko-Nenow, Paulina; Arnold, Hannah; Van Weezep, Erik (Elsevier, 2019)

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a globally significant disease of small ruminants caused by the peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) that is considered for eradication by 2030 by the United Nations Food and Agriculture ...