Development of a real-time RT-PCR and Reverse Line probe Hybridisation assay for the routine detection and genotyping of Noroviruses in Ireland

Virology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Menton, John F ^a   Kearney, Karen ^a   Morgan, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; OPEN READING FRAME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRELAND; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35248899894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-86     Document Type: Article

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