Nasal swabs for detection of respiratory syncytial virus RNA

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1046-1047

  Waris, Matti E ^a   Heikkinen, Terho ^b   Österback, Riikka ^a   Jartti, Tuomas ^b   Ruuskanen, Olli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

CHILD; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 35748956088     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.113514     Document Type: Letter

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