Influenza Virological Surveillance in Children: The Use of the QuickVue Rapid Diagnostic Test

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-273

  Pregliasco, Fabrizio ^b   Puzelli, Simona ^a   Mensi, Carolina ^b   Anselmi, Giovanni ^b   Marinello, Roberto ^c   Luisa Tanzi, M ^d   Affinito, Chiara ^a   Zambon, Maria C ^e   Donatelli, Isabella ^a   Argiro', Francesco ^f   Bergonzi, Emilio ^f   Cammareri, Valeria ^f   Casati, Mauro ^f   Ciarroca, Antonello ^f   Curto, Salvatore ^f   Davoli, Carlo ^f   Elio, Giuseppe ^f   Fabiani, Concetta ^f   Facconi, Renato ^f   Fasani, Giovanni ^f   Giussani, Francesca ^f   Frezza, Fabiola ^f   Giussani, Marco ^f   Greco, Luigi ^f   Longhi, Carlo ^f   Mezzabotta, Nella ^f   Missaglia, Rinaldo ^f   Moggio, Romualdo ^f   Montalbetti, Marco ^f   Nino, Luisa Maria ^f   Pedone, Alberto ^f   Picca, Marina ^f   Raimondi, Letizia ^f   Ronchi, Albino ^f   Rosignoli, Rino ^f   Siccardo, Luigi ^f   Varrasi, Giuseppe ^f   Vertua, Guido ^f   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Fed Italiana Med Pediat Lombardia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Influenza virus; Polymerase chain reaction; Rapid test; Virus culture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NOSE SMEAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CELL LINE; CHILD; DOGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NOSE; PHARYNX; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 11144357334     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20086     Document Type: Article

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