Evaluation of a broadly reactive nucleic acid sequence based amplification assay for the detection of noroviruses in faecal material

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 290-296

  Moore, C ^a   Clark, E M ^a   Gallimore, C I ^b   Corden, S A ^a   Gray, J J ^b   Westmoreland, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CfI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faeces; NLV; Norwalk like virus; SRSV; Viral gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 1442335412     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(03)00170-7     Document Type: Article

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