Viral genes everywhere: Public health implications of PCR-based testing of foods

Current Opinion in Virology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-73

  Stals, Ambroos ^a   Van Coillie, Els ^b   Uyttendaele, Mieke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GOLD STANDARD; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MS2 VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHELLFISH; VEGETABLE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 84874654450     PISSN: 18796257     EISSN: 18796265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2012.11.003     Document Type: Review

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