Detection and Typing of Norovirus from Frozen Strawberries Involved in a Large-Scale Gastroenteritis Outbreak in Germany

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 162-168

  Mäde, Dietrich ^a   Trübner, Katja ^a   Neubert, Eckehard ^b   Höhne, Marina ^c   Johne, Reimar ^d  

^a State Office for Consumer Protection Sachsen Anhalt   (Germany)

^b Saxon State Laboratory of Health and Veterinary Affairs   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food safety; Genotyping; Norovirus; Real time RT PCR; Strawberries

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MS2 VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAWBERRY; ULTRAFILTRATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

MIRIDAE; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 84883279327     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-013-9118-0     Document Type: Article

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