Comparison of RT-PCR with other diagnostic assays for rapid detection of influenza viruses

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 168-173

  Pregliasco, Fabrizio ^a   Mensi, Carolina ^a   Camorali, Laura ^a   Anselmi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Influenza detection; Rapid as says; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OROPHARYNX; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0031656816     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199810)56:2<168::AID-JMV11>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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