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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
Avian Influenza virus
Avian influenza is caused by a single stranded negative sense RNA virus and different subtypes of this virus occur. It is important to be able to identify Avian Influenza but also to be able to identify the subtype of the virus because this provides information about the pathogenicity of the virus. We have been involved in the development of a microarray assay to identify Avian Influenza and the subtype involved for a large amount of samples such as would be expected in an outbreak situation. Other alternative diagnostics such as LAMP-PCR are also investigated.
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