Article
Lineage-Specific Real-Time RT-PCR for Yellow Fever Virus Outbreak Surveillance, Brazil
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FISCHER, Carlo; et al. Lineage-Specific Real-Time Reverse Transcription PCR for Yellow Fever Virus Outbreak Surveillance, Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases. v.23, n.11, p.1867-1871, Nov. 2017.
1080-6040
10.3201/eid2311.171131
1080-6059
Autor
Fischer, Carlo
Torres, Maria C.
Patel, Pranav
Moreira-Soto, Andres
Gould, Ernest A.
Charrel, Rémi N.
Lamballerie, Xavier de
Nogueira, Rita Maria Ribeiro
Sequeira, Patricia C.
Rodrigues, Cintia D. S.
Kümmerer, Beate M.
Drosten, Christian
Landt, Olfert
Filippis, Ana Maria Bispo de
Drexler, Jan Felix
Resumen
The current yellow fever outbreak in Brazil prompted widespread yellow fever virus (YFV) vaccination campaigns, imposing a responsibility to distinguish between vaccine- and wild-type YFV-associated disease. We developed novel multiplex real-time reverse transcription PCRs that differentiate between vaccine and American wild-type YFV. We validated these highly specific and sensitive assays in an outbreak setting. 2030-01-01