Effectiveness of an RT-booster-PCR method for detection of noroviruses in stools collected after an outbreak of gastroenteritis

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 161-164

  De Medici, Dario ^a   Suffredini, Elisabetta ^a   Crudeli, Silvia ^a   Ruggeri, Franco Maria ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

ELISA; Gastroenteritis; Norovirus; Outbreak; RT booster PCR; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRUS DETECTION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 34447649371     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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