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Digital PCR for Quantifying Norovirus in Oysters Implicated in Outbreaks, France

Journal

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 22, Issue 12, Pages 2189-2191

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid2212.160841

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  1. Food Standards Agency (NovProtOy) [FS101068]
  2. Ifremer (Direction Scientifique)
  3. Direction Generale de l'Alimentation (French government DGAL, convention LNR)
  4. EU-H grant [643476 Compare]

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Using samples from oysters clearly implicated in human disease, we quantified norovirus levels by using digital PCR. Concentrations varied from 43 to 1,170 RNA copies/oyster. The analysis of frozen samples from the production area showed the presence of norovirus 2 weeks before consumption.

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