Application of RT-PCR designed from the sequence of the local SRSV strain to the screening in viral gastroenteritis outbreaks

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 439-446

  Saito, Hiroyuki ^a   Saito, Shioko ^a   Kamada, Kazuko ^a   Harata, Seizaburo ^a   Sato, Hiroyasu ^a   Morita, Morihiro ^a   Miyajima, Yoshimichi ^a  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; RT PCR; Screening; SRSV

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

SMALL ROUND STRUCTURED VIRUS;

EID: 0031865535     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02307.x     Document Type: Article

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