Development of a microtiter plate hybridization-based PCR-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for identification of clinically relevant human group A rotavirus G and P genotypes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 462-469

  Santos, Norma ^a,b   Honma, Shinjiro ^b   Timenetsky, Maria Do Carmo S T ^c   Linhares, Alexandre C ^d   Ushijima, Hiroshi ^e   Armah, George E ^f   Gentsch, Jon R ^g   Hoshino, Yasutaka ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; HYBRIDIZATION; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CAPSID PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 38949170648     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01361-07     Document Type: Article

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