Comparison of four methods using throat swabs to confirm rubella virus infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2847-2852

  Zhu, Zhen ^a,b   Xu, Wenbo ^a   Abernathy, Emily S ^c   Chen, Min Hsin ^c   Zheng, Qi ^c   Wang, Tongzhan ^d   Zhang, Zhenying ^e   Li, Congyong ^e   Wang, Changyin ^d   He, Weikuan ^f   Zhou, Shujie ^f   Icenogle, Joseph ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR VIRAL DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e Institute of Immunization Program Zhengzhou Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^f Anhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THROAT CULTURE; TISSUE CULTURE; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

CHINA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHARYNX; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS;

EID: 34548697932     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00289-07     Document Type: Article

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