Diagnosing rotavirus A associated IID: Using ELISA to identify a cut-off for real time RT-PCR

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 242-245

  Phillips, Gemma ^a,b   Lopman, Ben ^a,b   Tam, Clarence C ^b   Iturriza Gomara, Miren ^a   Brown, David ^a   Gray, Jim ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Asymptomatic; ELISA; Rotavirus A; RT PCR; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60449088466     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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