A real-time PCR assay for Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) genotype IV as a public health laboratory response to an emerging outbreak in Australia

Affiliations

• ¹ Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
• ² Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
• ³ Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia. Electronic address: chuan.lim1@unimelb.edu.au.