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SUBMITTER: Moreira JCO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511519 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moreira Josélia Cristina de Oliveira JCO Rodrigues Daniele Masselli DM Gilioli Rovilson R Costa Fernando Ferreira FF Albuquerque Dulcinéia Martins DM
Experimental animals 20181207 2
Norovirus is a highly prevalent pathogen that can infect a wide range of host species. Thus far, there have only been two reports of norovirus infection in rats. Diagnostic assays for the detection of norovirus are well established, but a specific molecular assay for the diagnosis of norovirus infection in laboratory rats has not yet been reported. In this study, we describe the development of a sensitive, semi-nested RT-PCR assay for detection of norovirus in fecal samples from Rattus norvegicu ...[more]