DETECTION OF INFECTIOUS ASTROVIRUSES IN WATER

Authors
PINTO RM ABAD FX GAJARDO R BOSCH A
Citation
Rm. Pinto et al., DETECTION OF INFECTIOUS ASTROVIRUSES IN WATER, Applied and environmental microbiology, 62(5), 1996, pp. 1811-1813
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
62
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1811 - 1813
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1996)62:5<1811:DOIAIW>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A method based on the infection of CaCo-2 cells and molecular hybridiz ation with a specific cDNA probe has been developed for the detection of infectious astroviruses in environmental samples. By this procedure wild-type astroviruses have been detected in water from an area where a concurrent gastroenteritis outbreak was reported.