Evaluation of a new real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of norovirus in fecal specimens

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-44

  Hyun, Jungwon ^a   Kim, Hyun Soo ^a   Kim, Han Sung ^a   Lee, Kyu Man ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Comparison; Evaluation; Genotype; Norovirus; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELISA KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

COMPARISON; EVALUATION; GENOTYPE; NOROVIRUS; REAL-TIME PCR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NOROVIRUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890115914     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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