Modification of the polyethylene glycol 6000 precipitation method for recovering human and indicator viruses from oysters and mussels

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 443-447

  Lewis, Gillian D ^a   Hough, Angela ^a   Green, David H ^a   Hay, John E ^a   Ferguson, Lynnette R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Enterovirus; F RNA bacteriophage; Human virus; Mussel; Oyster; Shellfish; Virus

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; ENTEROVIRUS; OSTREIDAE; PERNA CANALICULUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030452390     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1996.9516732     Document Type: Article

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