Rapid test for influenza

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-192

  Pachucki, Constance T ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; SIALIDASE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 19144364444     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-005-0033-x     Document Type: Review

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