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Detection of norovirus genotype I.3b and II.4 in bioaccumulated blue mussels using different virus recovery methods.
International journal of food microbiology - 30 Sept 2008
Comelli Heidi Lange, Rimstad Espen, Larsen Stig, Myrmel Mette
Abstract excerpt
Noroviruses (NoVs) are the most common non bacterial human pathogens associated with shellfish borne gastroenteritis. Norovirus detection is based on molecular procedures such as reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR. A variety of methods have been developed to extract viral RNA from complex shellfish matrixes and to reduce the level of RT-PCR inhibitors. The present study had three objectives: 1) Determine the most...
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