González G G, Liprandi F, Ludert J E
Laboratorio de Biología de Virus, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Apdo. 21827, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela.
J Virol Methods. 2006 Sep;136(1-2):289-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2006.05.024. Epub 2006 Jun 27.
The Ridascreen Norwalk-like virus enzyme immunoassay was compared with (RT)-PCR on 92 stool samples collected from children with sporadic acute gastroenteritis. Homogenization and pre-dilution of the whole stool sample resulted in high specificity (97.5%) and moderate sensitivity (60%). This assay may be useful to screen outbreaks for norovirus, but limited to detect the virus in sporadic cases of diarrhea.
