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Evaluation of a one‐step test for rapid, in practice detection of rotavirus in farm animals
Author(s) -
Verdier Klingenberg K.,
Esfandiari J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.138.16.393
Subject(s) - rotavirus , reproducibility , veterinary medicine , test (biology) , virology , medicine , diagnostic test , biology , mathematics , statistics , virus , paleontology
An immunochromatographic test for the detection of group A rotavirus was evaluated against a reference group A rotavirus ELISA, by using a panel of 161 bovine, porcine and equine faecal samples submitted for routine examination. The sensitivity of the test was 89 per cent and the specificity 99 per cent compared with the ELISA. Its reproducibility was 100 per cent. The simplicity and rapidity of the test procedure make it suitable for use in practice.