Evaluation of a degenerate primer for the PCR detection of human caliciviruses

Archives of Virology

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2225-2235

  Le Guyader, F ^a,c   Estes, M K ^a   Hardy, M E ^a   Neill, F H ^a   Green, J ^b   Brown, D W G ^b   Atmar, R L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Inst Francais Rech pour l'E   (France)

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EID: 0030448868     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01718228     Document Type: Article

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