Investigation article published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology

September 1^st, 2003

This work provides a novel, highly sensitive, hot start PCR method for rapid and specific detection of African swine fever virus (ASFV) that can be used as a routine diagnostic test for ASFV in surveillance, control, and eradication programs. A confirmatory test of the specificity of this method based on restriction endonuclease analysis was also developed

Aguero M., Fernandez J., Romero LJ., Sanchez-Mascaraque C., Arias M. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM..

Highly sensitive PCR assay for routine diagnosis of African swine fever virus in clinical samples

Highly sensitive PCR assay for routine diagnosis of African swine fever virus in clinical samples

	Departamento de Sanidad Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM).
	Servicio de Inmunología Viral y Medicina Preventiva (SUAT). Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM).
	Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA). Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA).