Equine Influenza Virus PCR

PCR
Sample Requirement Turnaround Time Price Species
Nasopharyngeal swab in virus transport medium (VTM) or post mortem tissues in VTM (lung) Minimum 2 days €38.50 per sample type Equine

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Related article(s)

Gildea S, Garvey M, Lyons P, Lyons R, Gahan J, Walsh C, Cullinane A. Multifocal Equine Influenza Outbreak with Vaccination Breakdown in Thoroughbred Racehorses. Pathogens. 2018 Apr 17;7(2):43. doi: 10.3390/pathogens7020043. PMID: 29673169; PMCID: PMC6027538. Quinlivan M, Dempsey E, Ryan F, Arkins S, Cullinane A. Real-time reverse transcription PCR for detection and quantitative analysis of equine influenza virus. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Oct;43(10):5055-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5055-5057.2005. PMID: 16207961; PMCID: PMC1248463.