A Comparison of Centrifugal Forces to Reduce the Inhibitory Effects of Food Matrixes on Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Detection of Food Borne Viruses
The CDC estimated that foodborne infections resulted in approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths per year in the United States (Mead, 1999). There are over 200 known diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, toxins, metals, or prions that can be transmitt...
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Scholar Commons
2004
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| Online Access: | https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/984 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1983&context=etd |