Detection of rotavirus in food associated with a gastroenteritis outbreak in a mother and child sanatorium

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-182

  Mayr, Constanze ^a   Strohe, Gerald ^b   Contzen, Matthias ^a  

^a Chemisches und Veterinaeruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Stuttgart   (Germany)

^b Gesundheitsamt Landratsamt Schwarzwald Baar Kreis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detection; Food; Outbreak; PCR; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POTATO; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ULTRAFILTRATION;

NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 70349201276     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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