Performance of pre-RT-qPCR treatments to discriminate infectious human rotaviruses and noroviruses from heat-inactivated viruses: applications of PMA/PMAxx, benzonase and RNase

This study sheds light on capacity of the most common pre-RT-qPCR treatments to eliminate damaged, noninfectious rotaviruses and noroviruses after thermal treatment. To our knowledge, this is the first time, when benzonase has been used in this context.