Comparison between pernasal flocked swabs and nasopharyngeal aspirates for detection of common respiratory viruses in samples from children

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2414-2417

  Abu Diab, Afaf ^a   Azzeh, Maysa ^b   Ghneim, Raed ^a   Ghneim, Riyad ^a   Zoughbi, Madeleine ^a   Turkuman, Sultan ^a   Rishmawi, Nabeel ^a   Issa, Abed El Razeq ^a   Siriani, Issa ^a   Dauodi, Rula ^a   Kattan, Randa ^a   Hindiyeh, Musa Y ^a  

^a Palestinian Authority Occupied   (Israel)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NOSE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIROLOGY; VIRUSES;

EID: 49049110966     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00369-08     Document Type: Article

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