Qualitative and quantitative assessment of viral contamination in bivalve molluscs harvested in Italy

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-26

  Suffredini, Elisabetta ^a   Lanni, Luigi ^b   Arcangeli, Giuseppe ^c   Pepe, Tiziana ^d   Mazzette, Rina ^e   Ciccaglioni, Gianni ^a   Croci, Luciana ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; Norovirus; Quantitative analysis; Real time PCR; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CLAM; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; DIFFUSION; DOSE RESPONSE; HARVESTING; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; ITALY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; OYSTER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUDITAPES PHILIPPINARUM; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA; DONAX (MOLLUSCA); HEPATITIS A VIRUS; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; NOROVIRUS; OSTREIDAE; SOLEN;

HEPATITIS A; NOROVIRUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME PCR; SHELLFISH;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BIVALVIA; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; ITALY; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84903549444     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.02.026     Document Type: Article

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