New immunochromatographic method for rapid detection of rotaviruses in stool samples compared with standard enzyme immunoassay and latex agglutination techniques

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2001 Oct;20(10):741-3. doi: 10.1007/s100960100575.

Abstract

Three different commercial immunologic tests for rapid detection of group A rotavirus (an immunochromatographic method, latex agglutination, and enzyme immunoassay) were used to evaluate 228 faecal specimens obtained from Spanish children with acute gastroenteritis. After resolution of 30 (13.2%) discordant results by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for rotavirus, the statistical values of the enzyme immunoassay, latex agglutination, and immunochromatographic method were respectively 96%, 68%, and 99% for sensitivity; 99%, 99%, and 96% for specificity; 98%, 96%, and 92% for positive predictive value; and 98%, 88%, and 99% for negative predictive value. The immunochromatographic technique showed high sensitivity and specificity and was rapid and easy to perform in the routine clinical laboratory.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Chromatography / methods
  • Diagnostic Tests, Routine / methods*
  • Feces / virology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Infant
  • Latex Fixation Tests
  • Male
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Rotavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Rotavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity