Comparative study of nasopharyngeal aspirate and nasal swab specimens for detection of influenza

British Medical Journal

Volumn 322, Issue 7279, 2001, Pages 138-

  Heikkinen, T ^a   Salmi, A A ^b   Ruuskanen, O ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATE; NEWBORN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; NASOPHARYNX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0035915719     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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