Diagnostic performance of rectal swab versus bulk stool specimens for the detection of rotavirus and norovirus: Implications for outbreak investigations

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 678-682

  Arvelo, Wences ^a   Hall, Aron J ^b   Estevez, Alejandra ^c   Lopez, Beatriz ^c   Gregoricus, Nicole ^b   Vinjé, Jan ^b   Gentsch, Jon R ^b   Parashar, Umesh ^b   Lindblade, Kim A ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Concordance; Diagnosis; Guatemala; Norovirus; Rotavirus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ARTICLE; BULK STOOL SPECIMEN; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; FECES; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL SWAB; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING;

CONCORDANCE; DIAGNOSIS; GUATEMALA; NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SURVEILLANCE;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NOROVIRUS; RECTUM; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84888825327     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.09.019     Document Type: Article

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