Development of methods to detect 'Norwalk-like viruses' (NLVs) and hepatitis A virus in delicatessen foods: Application to a food-borne NLV outbreak

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 213-218

  Schwab, Kellogg J ^a,e   Neill, Frederick H ^a   Fankhauser, Rebecca L ^c   Daniels, Nicholas A ^d   Monroe, Stephan S ^c   Bergmire Sweat, David A ^b   Estes, Mary K ^a   Atmar, Robert L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES; FOOD; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0033989389     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.213-218.2000     Document Type: Article

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