A flu optical immunoassay (ThermoBioStar's FLU OIA): A diagnostic tool for improved influenza management

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 356, Issue 1416, 2001, Pages 1915-1924

  Tucker, S P ^a   Cox, C ^a   Steaffens, J ^a  

^a Biota Holdings Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; FLU OIA; Immunoassay; Influenza; Optical; Rapid

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA;

AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAMMALIA;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OPTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035969786     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2001.1005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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