Evaluation of two immunochromatography kits for rapid diagnosis of rotavirus infections;Evaluación de dos equipos inmunocromatográficos comerciales para el diagnóstico rápido de la infección por rotavirus

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-170

  Tellez C J ^a,b   Montava, R ^a   Ribes, Juan M ^a   Tirado, M D ^b   Buesa, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immunochromatography; Rapid diagnosis; Rotavirus; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56649102043     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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