Quantification of Norwalk virus inocula: Comparison of endpoint titration and real-time reverse transcription-PCR methods

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1612-1616

  Liu, Pengbo ^a,b   Hsiao, Hui Mien ^b   Jaykus, Lee Ann ^c   Moe, Christine ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endpoint titration; Inoculum; Norwalk virus; RT qPCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ENDPOINT TITRATION REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NOROVIRUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NORWALK VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NORWALK VIRUS;

EID: 77956575650     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21851     Document Type: Article

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