Performance of six influenza rapid tests in detecting human influenza in clinical specimens

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-135

  Hurt, Aeron C ^a,b   Alexander, Robert ^c   Hibbert, Jan ^c   Deed, Nicola ^a   Barr, Ian G ^a,b  

^a WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Influenza; Rapid kit; Rapid test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34248651230     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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