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High genetic variability of norovirus leads to diagnostic test challenges.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Nov 2017
Zhuo Ran, Cho Joanne, Qiu YuanYuan, Parsons Brendon D, Lee Bonita E, Chui Linda, Freedman Stephen B, Pang Xiaoli
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It is important to understand the diagnostic accuracy of multiplex panels such as the Luminex xTAG® Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel (GPP) as they are increasingly employed for routine diagnostics worldwide. Recent evaluations in our laboratory identified lower detection rates of norovirus genogroup II (NoV GII) using GPP compared to our laboratory-developed RT-qPCR, Gastroenteritis Virus Panel (GVP)....
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