Evaluation of two commercial kits for rapid detection of human rotavirus in feces: Rotalex, a latex agglutination test and Rotavirus ELISA Kit.

96 fecal specimens from children with symptoms of gastroenteritis were tested with a latex agglutination test (Rotalex, Orion Diagnostica, Finland) and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent test (Rotavirus ELISA Kit, Dakopatts, Copenhagen, Denmark). Using the ELISA method as reference, the latex agglutination (LX) came out with three non-specific and two false negative results. The LX test was found to be a rapid, practical and non-expensive choice for a laboratory examinating few samples daily.