Evaluation of immunochromatography tests for detection of novel GII.17 norovirus in stool samples

• Main Authors: P. Khamrin, A. Thongprachum, S. Takanashi, S. Okitsu, N. Maneekarn, S. Hayakawa, H. Ushijima
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84937716513&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/54573
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2015, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All right resurved. A novel GII.17 norovirus has emerged as a major cause of epidemic and endemic acute gastroenteritis in several countries in Asia. We used a small panel of stool samples in which GII.17 virus had been quantified by real-time RT-PCR to evaluate four commercially available norovirus immunochromatography (IC) kits. At least 108copies/mL of GII.17 virus were required by each IC kit for a positive result, which is 1,000-fold more than that reported for these assays for GII.4 viruses.