The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is increasingly used as the standard method for
detection and characterization of microorganisms and genetic markers in a variety of sample …

The global damage that a widespread viral infection can cause is evident from the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic. The importance of virus detection to prevent the spread of viruses has …

Noroviruses are now recognized as the leading cause of epidemics of gastroenteritis and an
important cause of sporadic gastroenteritis among both children and adults. In the United …

Wastewater Microbiology focuses on microbial contaminants found in wastewater, methods
of detection for these contaminants, and methods of cleansing water of microbial …

We have developed an assay for the detection of Norwalk-like viruses (NLVs) based on
reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) that is highly sensitive to a broad range of NLVs. We …

Handbook of food science, technology, and engineering Page 1 HANDBOOK of FOOD
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENGINEERING Volume 4 Edited by YH HUI Associate Editors …

This comprehensive text provides the reader with both a detailed reference and a unified
course on wastewater treatment. Aimed at scientists and engineers, it deals with the …

1. Introduction rman, 1999), only contaminating human viruses have ever been associated
with illness in seafood consum-Two fundamental properties of viruses limit the ers. Viral …

We developed a new procedure for concentration of enteric viruses from water using a
negatively charged membrane. Rinsing the membrane with 0.5 mM H2SO4 (pH 3.0) in order …

Noroviruses, an important cause of gastroenteritis, are excreted by infected individuals and
are therefore present in wastewater. We quantified norovirus genogroup I (GI) and GII in …