Sensitivity of diagnostic tests for influenza varies with the circulating strains

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-175

  Weinberg, Adriana ^a,b   Mettenbrink, Christie J ^a   Ye, Dan ^c   Yang, Chin Fen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemadsorption; Influenza; Laboratory diagnosis; Respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMADSORPTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMADSORPTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 19444379204     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.12.013     Document Type: Article

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