Electron microscopy as a reliable tool for rapid and conventional detection of enteric viral agents: A five-year experience report

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Arcangeletti, Maria Cristina ^a   De Conto, Flora ^a   Pinardi, Federica ^a   Medici, Maria Cristina ^a   Valcavi, Pierpaolo ^a   Ferraglia, Francesca ^a   Motta, Federica ^a   Covan, Silvia ^a   Calderaro, Adriana ^a   Chezzi, Carlo ^a   Dettori, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Enteric viruses; Rapid diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS; CELL CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTERIC VIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PICORNAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; STAINING; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; CALICIVIRIDAE; ENTERITIS; FECES; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PICORNAVIRIDAE; REOVIRIDAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUSES;

EID: 33645940267     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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