Performance of a latex agglutination test in the diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis by rotavirus

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 587-589

  Ferreira, Thais Lourenço ^a   Becho, Mariana Costa ^a   Bernardo, Aline Rodrigues ^a   Chaves, Thaís Castelo Branco ^a   Ribeiro, Rosemary Suely ^b   De Lima, Jurandir Sampaio ^b   Fialho, Alexandre Madi ^b   Leite, José Paulo Gagliardi ^b   Mazur, Carlos ^a   Danelli, Maria Das Graças Miranda ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Latex agglutination test; Poliacrylamide gel electrophoresis; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 33947124481     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822006000400035     Document Type: Article

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