Norovirus detection in groundwater

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-96

  Gabrieli, R ^a   Maccari, F ^a   Ruta, A ^b   Pana A ^a   Divizia, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ASL Latina   (Italy)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Norovirus; RT PCR; Water borne disease

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 85010417529     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-009-9014-9     Document Type: Article

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