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Gastroenteritis
Data from University of Liege, Medical Department provide new insights into gastroenteritis
December 23rd, 2008
"Noroviruses are single-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the family Caliciviridae. They are a major cause of epidemic and sporadic gastroenteritis in humans and clinical signs and lesions of gastroenteritis were reported in bovines," scientists writing in the Virology Journal report. "Due to their genetic proximity, potential zoonotic transmission or animal reservoir can be hypothesized for noroviruses. RT-PCR has become the ''gold standard'' for the detection of noroviruses in faecal and environmental samples. With such samples, the control for inhibition of the reaction during amplification and detection is crucial to avoid false negative results, which might...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-23)
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