Diagnosis of viral respiratory tract infections in children by using a reverse transcription-PCR panel

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 140-143

  Gilbert, Lara L ^a   Dakhama, Azzeddine ^a   Bone, Bonnie M ^b   Thomas, Eva E ^b   Hegele, Richard G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PICORNAVIRIDAE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PICORNAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PICORNAVIRIDAE; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RESPIROVIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIROLOGY;

EID: 0029655914     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.140-143.1996     Document Type: Article

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