TY - JOUR AU - Polo, David AU - Schaeffer, Julien AU - Fournet, Nelly AU - Le Saux, Jean-Claude AU - Parnaudeau, Sylvain AU - McLeod, Catherine AU - Le Guyader, Françoise T1 - Digital PCR for Quantifying Norovirus in Oysters Implicated in Outbreaks, France T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 12 SP - 2189 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - norovirus KW - digital PCR KW - France KW - shellfish KW - oysters KW - enteric infections KW - viruses KW - food safety DO - 10.3201/eid2212.160841 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/12/16-0841_article ER - End of Reference