{"id":40598,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/RIDA_QUICK_Rotavirus/Adenovirus_Combi","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/RIDA QUICK Rotavirus/Adenovirus Combi","latest":{"id":1267642,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:01:07Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:RIDAQUICK.jpg|thumb]]\n\n{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Waterborne diseases\n| classification = Diagnosis\n| scope = Commercialized\n| manufacturer-location = Berlin, Germany\n}}\n\nDiarrhea is a leading cause of global child mortality and morbidity, with most cases resulting from contaminated food and water sources. There is a need for inexpensive, quick detection of the pathogens and bacteria that cause diarrheal diseases so that patients can be treated properly and quickly.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nRIDA QUICK Combi test is a dipstick test used to determine the presence of rotaviruses and/or adenoviruses in stool samples. One dips the strip in a minimally processed stool sample. The strip, which contains a blue and/or red stripe indicator, produces results with high specificity and accuracy within five minutes.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charite, University of Medicine, Berlin, Germany\n* Manufacturer: R-Biopharm AG\n* Manufacturer location: Darmstadt, Germany. Distributors are available worldwide.\n\n== When and where it was tested/implemented ==\n\nThis device was tested at the Bulpeila Health Center in Tamale, Northern Ghana.\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Peer-reviewed publication ===\n\nWeitzel, Thomas, et al. (2007). Field Evaluation of a Rota- and Adenovirus Immunochromatographic Assay Using Stool Samples from Children with Acute Diarrhea in Ghana. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45(8), 2695-2697.\n\n=== Internally generated reports ===\n\nR-Biopharm. (2011) RIDA®QUICK Rotavirus/Adenovirus Combi (dipsticks). Link available [http://www.r-biopharm.com/profile.php?new_language=Englishlish here].\n\n=== IP and copyright ===\n\nRIDA QUICK Rotavirus/Adenovirus Combi is a registered trademark, but the reviewer could not find a copyright for the technology itself.\n\n{{Page data\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being, SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| language = en\n}}"}