Rotavirus is an important cause of childhood gastroenteritis resulting in dehydration, hospital admission and nosocomial infections. False negative antigen tests may lead to further unnecessary ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract 1. A method of microscopic agglutination is described in which the organisms are smeared with the serum on a slide, allowed to dry rapidly, ...

The matrix 1 (Ml) gene, present in all subtypes of avian influenza virus (AIV), was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Reactivity of the expressed protein was confirmed by western blot.

From the Pathology Laboratories of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Read before the Boston Pathological Society, May 7, 1934. Van Ravenswaay, A. C. — Assistant in Medicine, Washington University ...

Immunologic tests, on the other hand, are simple to perform, generate immediate results, and should be useful for prevalence studies because of the homogeneity of the method. The objective of this ...