A method to remove environmental inhibitors prior to the detection of waterborne enteric viruses by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 145-153

  Marian Ijzerman, M ^a,b   Dahling, Daniel R ^a   Shay Fout, G ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

fulvic acid; human enteric virus; humic acid; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC VIRUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BENZOPYRANS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; POLIOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

HUMAN POLIOVIRUS 1;

EID: 0342684524     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(96)02123-4     Document Type: Article

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