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Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE) virus and the closely related Kunjin virus are flaviviruses that cause encephalitis, although Kunjin virus more commonly produces a nonencephalitic illness with polyarthralgia. MVE virus is endemic in avian species and is found in humans in northern Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland.<br />A real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR, or qPCR) is a laboratory technique of molecular biology based on the polymerase chain reaction(PCR). It monitors the amplification of a targeted DNA molecule during the PCR(i.e.,in real time), not at its end, as in conventional PCR.<br />Two common methods for the detection of PCR products in real-time PCR are(1)non-specific fluorescent dyes that intercalate with any double-stranded DNA and (2)sequence-specific DNA probes consisting of oligonucleotides that are labelled with a fluorescent reporter, which permits detection only after hybridization of the probe with its complementary sequence.