Evaluation of a new immunochromatographic assay kit for the rapid detection of norovirus in fecal specimens

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-81

  Park, Kwi Sung ^a   Baek, Kyoung Ah ^a   Kim, Dong Uk ^a   Kwon, Kyung Sook ^b   Bing, Sun Hye ^b   Park, Joon Soo ^c   Nam, Hae Seon ^c   Lee, Sang Han ^c   Choi, Young Jin ^d  

^a Chungcheongnam Do Institute of Health and Environment Research   (South Korea)

^b Daejeon Metropolitan City Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Immunochromatographic assay; Norovirus; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859215149     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.1.79     Document Type: Article

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