Development of a Virus Concentration Method and its Application for the Detection of Noroviruses in Drinking Water in China

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-52

  Liu, Junyi ^a,b,c   Wu, Qingping ^b   Kou, Xiaoxia ^a,b,c  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Concentration; Drinking water; Noroviruses

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 33947136005     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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