Inventors:
Maria Filippova - Riverside CA, US
Istvan Fodor - Redlands CA, US
Assignee:
Loma Linda University - Loma Linda CA
International Classification:
C12Q 1/70
C12Q 1/66
C12Q 1/02
C12N 7/00
C12N 15/00
US Classification:
435 5, 435 8, 435 29, 4352351, 4353201, 435455
Abstract:
A DNA virus in a sample is detected by contacting the sample with host cells that have been transiently transfected with a reporter sequence under the control of a virus-specific promoter, and then detecting the reporter.