Project 612

Enteric Virus Detection in Water by Nucleic Acid Methods

$200,000
Completed
Principal Investigator
Mark Sobsey
Project Manager
Martin J Allen
Contractor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Microbes & Pathogens
Monitoring

Abstract

Develops a rapid, sensitive, and specific method for the detection of viruses in drinking water by amplification of viral nucleic acids followed by detection using nonradioactive gene probes. Published in 1997.