Of gastro and the gold standard: Evaluation and policy implications of norovirus test performance for outbreak detection

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fisman, David N ^a,b,c   Greer, Amy L ^b   Brouhanski, George ^a   Drews, Steven J ^a,c,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65349121311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-7-23     Document Type: Article

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