Transcriptional enhancement of RT-PCR for rapid and sensitive detection of Noroviruses

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 339-345

  Jean, Julie ^a   D'Souza, Doris ^a   Jaykus, Lee Ann ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric virus; Norovirus; Norwalk like virus; RT PCR; Transcriptional enhancement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NOROVIRUS; NORWALK-LIKE VIRUS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0642285649     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00621-9     Document Type: Article

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