The use of bovine serum albumin to improve the RT-qPCR detection of foodborne viruses rinsed from vegetable surfaces

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-244

  Plante, D ^a   Belanger G ^a   Leblanc, D ^b   Ward, P ^b   Houde, A ^b   Trottier, Y L ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine serum albumin; Foodborne viruses; PCR inhibitors; Produce; RT qPCR

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; LETTUCE; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTORATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; FOODBORNE VIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NOROVIRUSES; PCR INHIBITOR; POSITIVE SIGNALS; PRODUCE; RT-QPCR;

VIRUSES;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; VIRUS RNA;

INHIBITOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; REAL TIME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VEGETABLE; VESIVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

BOVINAE; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; LACTUCA; NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 79551646883     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02989.x     Document Type: Article

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