Hepatitis A virus detection in shellfish from Tunisia by reverse transcription-nested PCR - investigation of a correlation between viral and bacterial contamination;Détection du virus de lhépatite A dans les coquillages en Tunisie par reverse transcription-nested PCR recherche de corrélation entre la contamination virale et bactérienne

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 217-221

  Amri, I ^a   Hmaied F ^a   Loisy, F ^b   Lebeau, B ^b   Barkallah, I ^a   Saidi, M ^a   Slim, A ^c  

^a Centre National des Sciences et Technologies Nucleaires Tunis   (Tunisia)

^b Centre européen d'expertise et de recherche sur les agents microbiens   (France)

^c CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Contamination; E. coli; Extraction; HAV; RT Nested PCR; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE EXTRACTION; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINE BEEF EXTRACTION; SALMONELLA; SHELLFISH; TUNISIA; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SHELLFISH; TUNISIA;

EID: 80051598066     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: 17683114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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