Prospective study of human metapneumovirus detection in clinical samples by use of light diagnostics direct immunofluorescence reagent and real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1098-1100

  Landry, Marie L ^a   Cohen, Sandra ^a   Ferguson, David ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY REAGENT; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAQ POLYMERASE;

HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS;

EID: 40749106609     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01926-07     Document Type: Article

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