Detection of Merkel cell polyomavirus on environmental surfaces

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1435-1439

  Foulongne, Vincent ^a,b   Courgnaud, Valérie ^c   Champeau, William ^a   Segondy, Michel ^a,b  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Environment; MCPyV; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NONHUMAN; POLYOMA VIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA, VIRAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS;

POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 79959199432     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22110     Document Type: Article

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