Comparison of four RNA extraction methods for the detection of small round structured viruses in faecal specimens

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-201

  Hale, A D ^a   Green, J ^a   Brown, D W G ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Norwalk like viruses; RNA purification; RT PCR; SRSV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0029960287     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(95)01966-9     Document Type: Article

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