Rotavirus survival and stability in foods as determined by an optimised plaque assay procedure

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 177-185

  O' Mahony, Jim ^a   O' Donoghue, Maurice ^a   Morgan, John G ^a   Hill, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Food; Plaque assay; Recovery; Rotavirus; Stability

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; CRYSTAL VIOLET; GUANIDINE; GUM TRAGACANTH; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; FETAL CALF SERUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMOBILIZED CELL; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; ROTAVIRUS; SUPERNATANT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TITRATION;

CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; FOOD; PLAQUE ASSAY; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRYPSIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0034332827     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(00)00378-0     Document Type: Article

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