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Evaluation of Two Enzyme Immunoassays for Detection of Human Rotaviruses in Fecal Specimens

Bodo R. Eing, Guenter May, H. Baumeister, Joachim Kühn

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2001 · 30 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

The two assays evaluated in this study (the Ridascreen rotavirus and the Pathfinder rotavirus) exhibited comparable sensitivities (100%) but highly divergent positive predictive values (93.74 and 57.7%, respectively) when compared on 393 specimens. This difference should be considered when using these tests on collectives with an unknown or low prevalence.

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