Performance characteristics of VIDAS and Directigen respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) antigen detection assays and culture for the identification of RSV in respiratory specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1818-1820

  Ribes, Julie A ^a   Seabolt, John Pat ^a   Overman, Sue B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIROLOGY;

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 0036246207     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.5.1818-1820.2002     Document Type: Article

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