title: Evaluation of a commercial enzyme immunoassay for the detection of norovirus antigen in fecal samples from children with sporadic acute gastroenteritis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Biología de Virus, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Apdo. 21827, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela. germangm@cantv.net
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liprandi
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ludert
mesh_terms: D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D029322:Norovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral