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Comparative Study
. 2008 May;46(5):1842-3.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02329-07. Epub 2008 Mar 19.

Optimum diagnostic assay and clinical specimen for routine rotavirus surveillance

Lauren J Stockman  1 , Mary A Staat, Michol Holloway, David I Bernstein, Tara Kerin, Jennifer Hull, Eileen Yee, Jon Gentsch, Umesh D Parashar
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Comparative Study

Optimum diagnostic assay and clinical specimen for routine rotavirus surveillance

Lauren J Stockman et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 May.

Abstract

Rates of detection of rotavirus were compared by diagnostic assay and specimen type. For bulk stools, rates of detection by reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) and enzyme immunoassay (EIA) were similar, but 18% of healthy controls tested positive by RT-PCR. Testing of bulk stools by EIA appears to be optimum for rotavirus surveillance.

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