Peste Des Petits Ruminants

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• this assay was based on rapid purification of RNA on glass beads followed by RT-PCR. They used a set of primers created to target NP3/NP4 that encodes for the nucleocapsidase protein. The PCR was then detected using UV illumination after agarose gel electrophoresis or by hybridization using a oligonucleotide probe after blot transfer. They found that this technique was 1000-fold more sensitive than convention titration techniques.