Molecular Detection of human Noroviruses in Influent and Effluent Samples From Two Biological Sewage Treatment Plants in the Region of Monastir, Tunisia

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-131

  Hassine Zaafrane, Mouna ^a,b   Sdiri Loulizi, Khira ^a,b   Kaplon, Jérôme ^b   Salem, Imen Ben ^a   Pothier, Pierre ^b   Aouni, Mahjoub ^a   Ambert Balay, Katia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Norovirus; Phylogenetic analysis; RT PCR; Sequencing; Sewage; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INFLUENT; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TUNISIA; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS DETECTION; CLASSIFICATION; DEVICES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VIROLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SEWAGE;

GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE; TUNISIA; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84901314585     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-014-9147-3     Document Type: Article

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