Evaluation of twenty rapid antigen tests for the detection of human influenza A H5N1, H3N2, H1N1, and B viruses

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1918-1922

  Taylor, Janette ^a   McPhie, Kenneth ^b   Druce, Julian ^c   Birch, Chris ^c   Dwyer, Dominic E ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Influenza; Rapid antigen detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 1, CERCOPITHECINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AVES; CERCOPITHECINE HERPESVIRUS 1; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 70350462755     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21604     Document Type: Article

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