Improvement of the specificity of enzyme immunoassays for the detection of rotavirus and adenovirus in fecal specimens

Intervirology

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 55-62

  Rabenau, Holger ^a   Knoll, Bianca ^a   Allwinn, Regina ^a   Doerr, Hans Wilhelm ^a   Weber, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Laboratoires Reunis Kutter Lieners Hastert Centre Langwies   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Electron microscopy; PAGE; Reovirus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADENOVIRUS; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; CORONAVIRUS; ORTHOREOVIRUS; REOVIRUS SP.; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0031732287     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024915     Document Type: Article

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