Evaluation of a commercial latex agglutination test for detecting rotavirus A and human adenovirus in children's stool specimens

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OBJECTIVES: Rotavirus A and human adenovirus are the two most common causes of infantile diarrhea; thus, it is of great importance to find out a rapid and accurate diagnostic method. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic significance of latex agglutination test for detection of rotavirus A and human adenovirus.

METHODS: A prospective study was conducted on 214 diarrhea children from September 2018 to March 2019 in our hospital. Fresh stool samples were collected for detection of rotavirus A and human adenovirus by latex agglutination test and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Then, the consistency of results detected by these two methods was analyzed. RESULTS: With performing the latex agglutination test, it was revealed that positive rates for detecting rotavirus A virus and human adenovirus were 23.83% (51/214) and 25.24% (54/214), respectively. Meanwhile, results of RT-qPCR showed that positive rates for detecting rotavirus A virus and human adenovirus were 58 (27.10%) and 59 (27.57%), respectively. Using RT-qPCR as the gold standard, the sensitivity and specificity of the latex agglutination test for detecting rotavirus A were 81.03% and 97.44%, and the corresponding values for detecting human adenovirus were 76.27% and 94.19%, respectively.

CONCLUSION: This latex agglutination test showed a satisfactory consistency with RT-qPCR for detecting rotavirus A and human adenovirus. The mentioned commercial assay may be highly appropriate for rapid screening of rotavirus A and human adenovirus.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 34(2020), 5 vom: 18. Mai, Seite e23208

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xiang, Wenqing [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Zhaoyang [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Jialu [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Hongqiang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Wei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adenovirus
Evaluation Study
Journal Article
Latex agglutination test
RT-qPCR
Rotavirus A
Stool samples

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Date Completed 20.05.2021

Date Revised 20.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jcla.23208

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM305293850