Comparison of the Binax NOW Flu A enzyme immunochromatographic assay and R-Mix shell vial culture for the 2003-2004 influenza season

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 6133-6135

  Fader, Robert C ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

INFLUENZAVIRUS A;

EID: 30744435638     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6133-6135.2005     Document Type: Article

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