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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2005

Rapid and sensitive detection of noroviruses by using TaqMan-based one-step reverse transcription-PCR assays and application to naturally contaminated shellfish samples.

Narayanan Jothikumar, James A Lowther, Kathleen Henshilwood, David N Lees, Vincent R Hill, Jan Vinjé

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers.

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104 citing papers in PubMed, 362 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Narayanan JothikumarEnvironmental Science and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
James A Lowther
Kathleen Henshilwood
David N Lees
Vincent R Hill
Jan Vinjé
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science · GBUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Noroviruses (NoV), which are members of the family Caliciviridae, are the most important cause of outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis worldwide and are commonly found in shellfish grown in polluted waters. In the present study, we developed broadly reactive one-step TaqMan reverse transcription (RT)-PCR assays for the detection of genogroup I (GI) and GII NoV in fecal samples, as well as shellfish samples. The specificity and sensitivity of all steps of the assays were systematically evaluated, and in the final format, the monoplex assays were validated by using RNA extracted from a panel of 84 stool specimens, which included NoV strains representing 19 different genotypes (7 GI, 11 GII, and 1 GIV strains). The assays were further validated with 38 shellfish cDNA extracts previously tested by nested PCR. Comparison with a recently described real-time assay showed that our assay had significantly higher sensitivity and was at least as sensitive as the nested PCR. For stool specimens, a one-step duplex TaqMan RT-PCR assay performed as well as individual genogroup-specific monoplex assays. All other enteric viruses examined were negative, and no cross-reaction between genogroups was observed. These TaqMan RT-PCR assays provide rapid (less than 90 min), sensitive, and reliable detection of NoV and should prove to be useful for routine monitoring of both clinical and shellfish samples.

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AnimalsCaliciviridae InfectionsFecesGastroenteritisHumansNorovirusOstreidaeReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and SpecificityShellfishTaq PolymeraseTime FactorsTaq Polymerase

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PMID15812014
PMCPMC1082570
OpenAlexW2109517773

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