Incidence of and factors associated with false positives in laboratory diagnosis of norovirus infection by amplification of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene.

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Published in PLoS One on September 29, 2014

Authors

Fang-Ru Lin1, Yu-Hua Shen1, Chun-Wan Fang2, Shian-Sen Shie3, Chung-Guei Huang4, Shuan Yang2, Shu-Li Yang2, Kuo-Chien Tsao4, Yhu-Chering Huang5, Ming-Wei Lai6, Chih-Jung Chen5

Author Affiliations

1: College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
2: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
3: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
4: College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
5: College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial and Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
6: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial and Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

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