Proficiency of nucleic acid tests for avian influenza viruses, Australasia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1126-1128

  Stelzer Braid, Sacha ^a,b   Escott, Ros ^c   Baleriola, Cristina ^a   Kirkland, Peter ^d   Robertson, Peter ^a   Catton, Michael ^e   Rawlinson, William D ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia   (Australia)

^d NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALASIA; BIRDS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 46349095129     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.071098     Document Type: Article

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