Sensitivity of rapid immunoassay for influenza A and B in the early phase of the disease

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-215

  Watanabe, Masahiro ^a   Nakagawa, Naoko ^b   Ito, Masahiro ^b   Ihara, Toshiaki ^c  

^a Suzuka Mental Health Clinic   (Japan)

^b KOBE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

^c MIE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Influenza; Rapid immunoassay; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Sensitivity; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63549149508     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02696.x     Document Type: Article

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