rotavirus RNA

Indications

• evaluation of rotovirus enteritis

Specimen

• feces
• store body fluids at 4 degrees C

Procedure

• reverse transcriptase PCR

Notes

• difficulty in culture of rotaviruses makes molecular techniques more practical than cultures

More general terms

• infectious agent nucleic acid

More specific terms

• rotavirus A RNA
• rotavirus B RNA
• rotavirus C RNA
• rotavirus dsRNA

Additional terms

• Rotavirus