Evaluation of Two Rapid Detection Assays for Identification of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Nasopharyngeal Secretions of Young Children

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 774-775

  Wyder Westh, C ^a   Duppenthaler, A ^a   Gorgievski Hrisoho, M ^a   Aebi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SECRETION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NASOPHARYNGITIS; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0345731134     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1045-9     Document Type: Article

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