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Detection and Genogrouping of Noroviruses from Children's Stools By Taqman One-step RT-PCR
Published on: July 22, 2012
Immunomagnetic separation combined with real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assays for detection of norovirus in
YoungBin Park1, You-Hee Cho, YoungMee Jee
1Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, 28 Yunkeun-Dong, Chongro-Ku, Seoul 110-799, South Korea.
Abstract:
We developed an immunomagnetic separation (IMS) technique combined with real-time TaqMan reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), which allowed detection of norovirus at a level as low as 3 to 7 RT-PCR units from artificially contaminated strawberries. The inoculum recovery rate ranged from 14 to 30%. The data demonstrate that IMS combined with real-time RT-PCR will be useful as a rapid and sensitive method for detecting food-borne microbial contaminants.

