Use of a heminested reverse transcriptase PCR assay for detection of astrovirus in environmental swabs from an outbreak of gastroenteritis in a pediatric primary immunodeficiency unit

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3890-3894

  Gallimore, Chris I ^a   Taylor, Clive ^a   Gennery, Andrew R ^b   Cant, Andrew J ^b   Galloway, Angela ^c   Lewis, David ^a   Gray, Jim J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CASE REPORT; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYRINGE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; INFANT; MAMASTROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASTROVIRIDAE;

EID: 23744471549     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.3890-3894.2005     Document Type: Article

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