Improved detection and quantitation of norovirus from water

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Gregory, Jason B ^a,c   Webster, Laura F ^a   Griffith, John F ^b   Stewart, Jill R ^a,d  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^c Marine Biology Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive internal positive control; Enteric viruses; Norovirus; PCR inhibition; RT qPCR; Water quality

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; STANDARDIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WILD TYPE;

GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; VIROLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AVES; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 79451472922     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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