Comparison of Counterimmunoelectrophoresis and electron microscopy for laboratory diagnosis of human reovirus-like agent-associated infantile gastroenteritis.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 5 ·No. 2 ·1977-02-00 ·Pages 248-9

Spence L, Fauvel M, Petro R, Bloch S

Abstract

Counterimmunoelectrophoresis was compared with electron microscopy for detection of human reovirus-like agent in fecal specimens. Both tests gave very similar results.

MeSH Terms

Counterimmunoelectrophoresis Diarrhea, Infantile/microbiology Evaluation Studies as Topic Feces/microbiology Gastroenteritis/microbiology Humans Immunoelectrophoresis Infant Microscopy, Electron Viruses, Unclassified/isolation & purification

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Spence L

Fauvel M

Petro R

Bloch S

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.5.2.248-249.1977

Published

1977-02-00

Pages

248-9

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC274570

Subset

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