Detection of respiratory viruses in nasopharyngeal secretions with immunofluorescence technique for multiplex screening - An evaluation of the Chemicon assay

Clinical and Diagnostic Virology

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 147-154

  Shen, Kunling ^a   Zhaori, Getu ^a   Zweygberg Wirgart, Benita ^b   Ying, Mye ^a   Grandien, Monica ^c   Wahren, Britta ^c   Linde, Annika ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Indirect immunofluorescence; Pooled monoclonal antibodies; Respiratory viruses; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; NASOPHARYNX; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCREENING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030220197     PISSN: 09280197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-0197(96)00229-2     Document Type: Article

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