Human Rotavirus Antigen Test Kit (Colloidal Gold)

Intend Use
Human Rotavirus Antigen Test Kit (Colloidal Gold) is an in vitro qualitative immunochromatographic assay for the rapid detection of rotavirus antigens in human stool specimen. The test results are intended to aid in the diagnosis of rotavirus infection.

Introduction
Rotaviruses are the main and the most important pathogens that cause of non-bacterial acute gastroenteritis and diarrhea, especially in children from 6 months to 2 years of age, premature infants, the elderly, and the immunocompromised individuals. Rotaviruses have been identified in almost 40% of children with gastroenteritis.
Rotavirus is the cause of up to 50% of the hospitalized cases of diarrhea in infant and young children. Almost every child has been infected with rotavirus by age 5. Over 3 million cases of rotavirus gastroenteritis occur annually in the US. There are about 120 million rotavirus infections every year worldwide and that causes the death of 600,000 to 650,000 children.
Rotavirus is transmitted by oral-fecal contact with an incubation period of 1-3 days. Characteristic symptoms include vomiting, hydrodiarrhoea for between 3 and 8 days, high temperature and stomach pains. A large amount of rotavirus particles is shed during infection.The diagnosis of the rotavirus infection is made by identification of the virus in the patient's stool.
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