Electropositive Filter Membrane as an Alternative for the Elimination of PCR Inhibitors from Sewage and Water Samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4614-4618

  Queiroz, A P S ^a   Santos, F M ^a   Sassaroli, A ^a   Harsi C M ^a   Monezi, T A ^a   Mehnert, D U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; EVALUATION; FILTRATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEWAGE; VIROLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; FILTRATION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0035489393     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4614-4618.2001     Document Type: Article

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