Preliminary assessment of new antigen detection methods for prompt diagnosis of syncytial respiratory virus [4];Evaluación preliminar de nuevos métodos de detección de antígeno para el diagnóstico rápido de virus respiratorio sincitial

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 602-603

  Pérez Ruiz, Mercedes ^a   Fernández Roldán, Concepción ^a   Navarro Martí, José María ^a   De La Rosa Fraile, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; TECHNIQUE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 17144441098     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13054558     Document Type: Letter

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