Analytical performance characteristics and application of diagnostic tests for Namao virus in experimentally infected and wild Manitoba lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)

Analytical performance characteristics and application of diagnostic tests for Namao virus in experimentally infected and wild Manitoba lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)

Namao virus (NV) was associated with mortality in lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens reared as part of a conservation stocking program for this endangered species in Manitoba, Canada. The virus itself was large, doubly encapsidated and icosahedral-shaped. Phylogenetic analyses using the major caps...

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Main Author: Van Walleghem, Elissa
Other Authors: Clouthier, Sharon (Biological Sciences) Anderson, Gary (Biological Sciences)
Published: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 2015
Subjects:
Namao virus
NCLDV
Lake Sturgeon
Endangered species
qPCR
Diagnostic PCR
Real-time PCR
Mimiviridae
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30754

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