Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 230-232 , February 2010

The effect of fecal turbidity on norovirus detection by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Received 19 May 2008 ,Accepted 5 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.08.006

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 230-232 , February 2010