Evaluation of Two Enzyme Immunoassays for Detection of Human Rotaviruses in Fecal Specimens |
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| Authors: | Bodo R. Eing, Guenter May, Horst G. Baumeister, Joachim E. Kü hn |
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| Affiliation: | Institute of Medical Microbiology, Clinical Virology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany. eingb@uni-muenster.de |
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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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