| diagnosis of malignant catarrhal fever by polymerase chain reaction amplification of alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 sequence. | we derived sequence information from cloned hindiii fragment "d" of alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 strain wc11, an agent of malignant catarrhal fever (mcf). based on this sequence, oligonucleotide primers were selected and synthesized for use in a polymerase chain reaction amplification assay. these primers were used to test samples of total nucleic acids isolated from multiple tissues taken from an indian gaur (bos guarus gaurus) at the san diego wild animal park in san diego, california (usa) which ... | 1994 | 7933281 |