International collaborative study to compare reverse transcriptase PCR assays for detection and genotyping of noroviruses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1423-1433

  Vinjé, Jan ^a,g   Vennema, Harry ^a   Maunula, Leena ^b   Von Bonsdorff, Carl Henrik ^b   Hoehne, Marina ^c   Schreier, Eckart ^c   Richards, Alison ^d   Green, Jon ^d   Brown, David ^d   Beard, Suzanne S ^e   Monroe, Stephan S ^e   De Bruin, Erwin ^a   Svensson, Lennart ^f   Koopmans, Marion P G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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

^f SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENOTYPE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORIES; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

NOROVIRUS; NORWALK VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 12444297913     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1423-1433.2003     Document Type: Article

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