Molecular diagnosis of influenza

Reviews in Medical Virology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 375-389

  Ellis, Joanna S ^a   Zambon, Maria C ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; NUCLEIC ACID;

CELL CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE TARGETING; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 0036846633     PISSN: 10529276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rmv.370     Document Type: Review

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