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Oryctes rhinoceros virus detection

Is there an ELISA system to detect Baculovirus oryctes; this question was asked in 2001. At that time there was a taro beetle project in Solomon Islands, and this is the response:

As far as the project was aware, there was no reliable ELISA method for Oryctes rhinoceros virus (OrV). However, AgResearch, New Zealand, has developed a molecular system based on a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This was developed for the regional taro beetle project to enable it detect OrV in Papuana spp., but has since beed used for surveys of the virus in Oryctes rhinoceros in Malaysia.

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