Three-step isolation method for sensitive detection of enterovirus, rotavirus, hepatitis A virus, and small round structured viruses in water samples

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 189-199

  Gilgen, M ^a   Germann, D ^b   Luthy J ^a   Hübner, Ph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Institute for Medical Microbiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Detection; Enteric viruses; RT PCR; Surface water

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; ENTEROVIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ULTRAFILTRATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROVIRUS; HEPATOVIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; ROTAVIRUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

COXSACKIEVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN ENTEROVIRUS B; ROTAVIRUS; SMALL ROUND STRUCTURED VIRUS;

EID: 0030773310     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(97)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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