Amplification by long RT-PCR of near full-length norovirus genomes

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 226-230

  Kostela, Jennifer ^a   Ayers, Melissa ^a   Nishikawa, John ^a   McIntyre, Lorraine ^b   Petric, Martin ^b   Tellier, Raymond ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emerging mutants; Long RT PCR; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS ISOLATES;

EID: 41349083717     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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