Use of the seeplex RV detection kit for surveillance of respiratory viral outbreaks in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 376-379

  Drews, Steven J ^a,b,c   Blair, Joanne ^a   Lombos, Ernesto ^a   DeLima, Cedric ^a   Burton, Laura ^a   Mazzulli, Tony ^a,b,c   Low, Donald E ^a,b,c  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infection surveillance; Multiplex RT PCR; Respiratory viruses; Rhinovirus; RSV; Viral culture

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; THROAT CULTURE; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; ONTARIO; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RHINOVIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 55949118710     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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