QuickVue influenza test for rapid detection of influenza A and B viruses in a pediatric population

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 925-926

  Quach, Caroline ^a   Newby, Diane ^a   Daoust, Ghislaine ^a   Rubin, Earl ^a   McDonald, Jane ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LABORATORY TEST; NASOPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS CULTURE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VIROLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036069211     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.9.4.925-926.2002     Document Type: Article

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