Evaluation of a commercial enzyme immunoassay for the detection of norovirus antigen in fecal samples from children with sporadic acute gastroenteritis

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 289-291

  Gonzalez G G ^a,b   Liprandi, F ^a   Ludert, J E ^a  

^a Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

(RT) PCR; Diarrhea; EIA; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DILUTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; HUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NOROVIRUS; NORWALK-LIKE VIRUS;

EID: 33745917061     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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