The limitations of point of care testing for pandemic influenza: What Clinicians and Public Health professionals need to know

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 204-207

  Hatchette, Todd F ^a,b,c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Division of Microbiology   (Canada)

^c Science Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nucleic acid amplification testing; Pandemic influenza; Point of care testing; Seasonal influenza

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CELL LINE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; VIROLOGY;

CANADA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67649976495     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405541     Document Type: Article

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