A nested reverse transcriptase PCR assay for detection of small round- structured viruses in environmentally contaminated molluscan shellfish

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 858-863

  Green, J ^a   Henshilwood, K ^b   Gallimore, C I ^a   Brown, D W G ^a   Lees, D N ^b  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DISEASE DETECTION; SHELLFISH; VIRUS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GASTROENTERITIS; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA POLLUTION; SMALL ROUND STRUCTURED VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0031935485     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.3.858-863.1998     Document Type: Article

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