Screening of fruit products for norovirus and the difficulty of interpreting positive PCR results

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-431

  Stals, Ambroos ^a   Baert, Leen ^a   Jasson, Vicky ^a   Van Coillie, Els ^b   Uyttendaele, Mieke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Institute for Agricultural   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; PRODUCT SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM VAR. CERASIFORME; MURINE NOROVIRUS 1; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 79951975369     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-10-209     Document Type: Article

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