Use of throat swab or saliva specimens for detection of respiratory viruses in children

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Robinson, Joan L ^a,c   Lee, Bonita E ^a   Kothapalli, Sushma ^b   Craig, William R ^a   Fox, Julie D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^c Aberhart Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHARYNX; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUSES;

EID: 42549161608     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/529386     Document Type: Article

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