Design and assessment of a real time reverse transcription-PCR method to genotype single-stranded RNA male-specific coliphages (Family Leviviridae)

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-202

  Friedman, Stephanie D ^a   Cooper, Emilie M ^b   Calci, Kevin R ^c   Genthner, Fred J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

F+ coliphage; Fecal source tracking; FRNA; Genotype; Male specific RNA coliphage; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MANURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SEWAGE; SINGLE STRANDED RNA MALE SPECIFIC COLIPHAGE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; COLIPHAGES; FECES; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUSES; SEWAGE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; LEVIVIRIDAE;

EID: 79954582729     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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