The feline calicivirus as a sample process control for the detection of food and waterborne RNA viruses

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-77

  Mattison, Kirsten ^a   Brassard, Julie ^b   Gagné, Marie Josée ^b   Ward, Pierre ^b   Houde, Alain ^b   Lessard, Louise ^c   Simard, Carole ^c   Shukla, Anu ^a   Pagotto, Franco ^a   Jones, Tineke H ^d   Trottier, Yvon Louis ^e  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^d LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feline calicivirus; Food virology; Hepatitis A virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PROCESS CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS; STRAWBERRY; VESIVIRUS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CALICIVIRUS, FELINE; CATS; CELL LINE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRAGARIA; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; MACACA MULATTA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

FELINE CALICIVIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 65449164155     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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