Switching gears for an influenza pandemic: Validation of a duplex reverse transcriptase PCR assay for simultaneous detection and confirmatory identification of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3805-3813

  LeBlanc, Jason J ^a   Li, Yan ^c   Bastien, Nathalie ^c   Forward, Kevin R ^a,b   Davidson, Ross J ^a,b   Hatchette, Todd F ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; MONOPLEX; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 71549155625     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01344-09     Document Type: Article

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