Nucleic Acid Amplification-Based Methods for Detection of Enteric Viruses: Definition of Controls and Interpretation of Results

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 55-60

  D'Agostino, Martin ^a   Cook, Nigel ^a   Rodriguez Lazaro, David ^b   Rutjes, Saskia ^c  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AGRARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analytical controls; Detection; Nucleic acid amplification; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ENTERIC VIRUS; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SAFETY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 79958061875     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-011-9063-8     Document Type: Review

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