Improved detection of human influenza A and B viruses in respiratory tract specimens by hemi-nested PCR

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 225-228

  Minosse, Claudia ^a   Selleri, Marina ^a   Zaniratti, Maria S ^a   Lauria, Francesco N ^a   Puro, Vincenzo ^a   Carletti, Fabrizio ^a   Cappiello, Giuseppina ^b   Gualano, Gina ^a   Bevilacqua, Nazario ^a   Capobianchi, Maria R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Influenza; Molecular diagnosis; Respiratory infections; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; NUCLEOPROTEINS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

CERCOPITHECINE HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 33947525828     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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