A ROTAVIRUS STAPHYLOCOCCAL CO‐AGGLUTINATION TEST
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Pathologica Microbiologica Scandinavica Series B: Microbiology
- Vol. 91B (1-6) , 175-178
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1699-0463.1983.tb00029.x
Abstract
A simple and rapid staphylococcal co-agglutination (SA) test for detection of rotavirus in human fecal specimens is described. A suspension of protein A-containing staphylococci coated with a rabbit hyperimmune serum against the rotavirus strain of calf diarrhea virus was used as reagent. Before the SA test, fecal specimens were absorbed with a suspension of uncoated staphylococci. Of 36 rotavirus immune EM (IEM) positive samples, 34 showed a positive SA test; none of 41 IEM-negative specimens agglutinated the staphylococcal reagent. The SA test was as sensitive as an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Rotazyme) and more sensitive than a latex agglutination test (Rotalex).Keywords
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