Performance testing of two new one-step real time PCR assays for detection of human influenza and avian influenza viruses isolated in humans and Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 127-133

  Valle, L ^a   Amicizia, D ^a   Bacilieri, S ^a   Banfi, F ^a   Riente, R ^a   Durando, P ^a   Sticchi, L ^a   Gasparini, R ^a   Esposito, C ^b   Icardi, G ^a   Ansaldi, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b AO Dei Colli Hospital for Infectious Diseases D Cotugno   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Diagnosis of respiratory infection; Influenza drift

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEROTYPING; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SYNTHESIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIRDS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 34447101747     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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