A comparison of RT-PCR-based assays for the detection of HAV from shellfish

New Microbiologica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-124

  Di Pinto, A ^a   Conversano, M C ^a   Forte, V T ^a   La Salandra, G ^b   Montervino, C ^b   Tantillo, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Ist Zooprofilattico Sperim D   (Italy)

Author keywords

HAV; RT PCR; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; GLYCINE; RNA; SILICON DIOXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA BINDING; SHELLFISH; TECHNIQUE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHELLFISH; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 3042573920     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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