Comparison of direct immunofluorescence, conventional cell culture and polymerase chain reaction techniques for detecting respiratory syncytial virus in nasopharyngeal aspirates from infants

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-40

  Reis, Alexanda Dias ^a   Fink, Maria Cristina Domingues ^a   Machado, Clarisse Martins ^a   Paz Jr , José De Paula ^a   Oliveira, Renato Reis ^a   Tateno, Adriana Fumie ^a   Machado, Adriana Freire ^a   Cardoso, Maria Regina ^a   Pannuti, Claudio Sérgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Diagnosis; Immunofluorescence; Infants; Polymerase chain reaction; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 40949101324     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652008000100008     Document Type: Article

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