Evaluation of quantitative and type-specific real-time RT-PCR assays for detection of respiratory syncytial virus in respiratory specimens from children

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-129

  Kuypers, Jane ^a   Wright, Nancy ^a   Morrow, Rhoda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

g; L; basepair; bp; deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; microgram; microliter; milliliter; millimolar; min; minutes; mL; mM; Polymerase chain reaction; Respiratory syncytial virus; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; ribonucleic acid; RNA; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4444326240     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.03.018     Document Type: Article

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