A comparison of the Allplex™ bacterial and viral assays to conventional methods for detection of gastroenteritis agents

Abstract Objective Molecular methods to detect diarrheal pathogens are increasingly being used in place of conventional methods. We compared a new multiplex real-time PCR assay for detection of both bacterial and viral gastroenteritis agents, the Allplex™ Gastrointestinal Panel Assays (AGPA), to con...

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Main Authors: Kelly Amrud, Robert Slinger, Nadia Sant, Marc Desjardins, Baldwin Toye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3645-6