Noroviruses in oysters from local markets and oyster farms in Southern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-113

  Kittigul, Leera ^a   Pombubpa, Kannika ^a   Sukonthalux, Suntharee ^a   Rattanatham, Tippawan ^a   Utrarachkij, Fuangfa ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Fecal coliforms; Norovirus; Oyster; RT nested PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; OYSTER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHELLFISH; THAILAND; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; OSTREIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SHELLFISH; THAILAND;

EID: 79953751057     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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