A comparative study of immunocapture ELISA and RT-PCR for screening clinical samples from Southern Greece for human influenza virus types A and B

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1037-1041

  Plakokefalos, E ^a   Markoulatos, P ^a   Ktenas, E ^a   Spyrou, N ^a   Vamvakopoulos, N C ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0033765212     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-49-11-1037     Document Type: Article

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