Reverse transcription-booster PCR for detection of noroviruses in shellfish

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 6329-6332

  De Medici, Dario ^a   Croci, Luciana ^a   Suffredini, Elisabetta ^a   Toti, Laura ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUSES;

NOROVIRUS (NV) DETECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SHELLFISH;

MICROBIOLOGY;

DETECTION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHELLFISH; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHELLFISH; STANDARD; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHELLFISH;

NOROVIRUS; NORWALK VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 8144230055     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.6329-6332.2004     Document Type: Article

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