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Of gastro and the gold standard: evaluation and policy implications of norovirus test performance for outbreak detection

BACKGROUND: The norovirus group (NVG) of caliciviruses are the etiological agents of most institutional outbreaks of gastroenteritis in North America and Europe. Identification of NVG is complicated by the non-culturable nature of this virus, and the absence of a diagnostic gold standard makes tradi...

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Autores principales: Fisman, David N, Greer, Amy L, Brouhanski, George, Drews, Steven J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19323808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5876-7-23