Molecular detection of human astrovirus in an urban sewage treatment plant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 819-823

  Guimarães, Flávia Ramos ^a   Ferreira, Fabiana Fioretti Martins ^a   Vieira, Carmen Baur ^a   Fumian, T Lio Machado ^a   Shubo, Tatsuo ^a   Leite, José Paulo Gagliardi ^a   Miagostovich, Marize Pereira ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astroviruses; qPCR; RT PCR; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ASTROVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS;

EID: 58049139934     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000800013     Document Type: Article

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