Evaluation of Nucleic Acid Preservation Cards for West Nile Virus Testing in Dead Birds.

The California West Nile virus (WNV) Dead Bird Surveillance Program (DBSP) is an important component of WNV surveillance in the state. We evaluated FTA™ and RNASound™ cards as an alternative method for sampling dead birds for WNV molecular testing as these cards allow for more cost effective, rapid,...

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Main Authors: Leslie Foss, William K Reisen, Ying Fang, Vicki Kramer, Kerry Padgett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4920385?pdf=render