Comparison of Premier™ Rotaclone®, ProSpecT™, and RIDASCREEN® rotavirus enzyme immunoassay kits for detection of rotavirus antigen in stool specimens

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 292-294

  Gautam, Rashi ^a   Lyde, Freda ^a   Esona, Mathew D ^a   Quaye, Osbourne ^a,b   Bowena, Michael D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Comparison; EIA; Rotavirus; RT PCR; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84881559079     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.06.022     Document Type: Article

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