Official surveillance of hepatitis a virus: Description of an hav detection method in shellfish

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-104

  Serracca, Laura ^a   Gallo, Francesca ^a   Rossini, Irene ^a   Benedetto, Alessandro ^a   Lacerenza, Daniela ^a   Callipo, Maria Rita ^a   Monnier, Milena ^a  

^a LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detection; Hepatitis A virus; Mussels; PCR; Validation

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHELLFISH; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 85010433486     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-009-9015-8     Document Type: Article

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