A comparison of binax™ now® to viral culture and direct fluorescent assay testing for respiratory syncytial virus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 265-268

  Aldous, Wade K ^a,b   Gerber, Kris ^c   Taggart, Edward W ^a   Thomas, Joshua ^c   Tidwell, David ^c   Daly, Judy A ^b,c  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 4143099219     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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