Comparative evaluation of real-time PCR and conventional RT-PCR during a 2 year surveillance for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus among children with acute respiratory infections in Kolkata, India, reveals a distinct seasonality of infection

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1616-1622

  Agrawal, Anurodh S ^a   Sarkar, Mehuli ^a   Chakrabarti, Sekhar ^a   Rajendran, K ^a   Kaur, Harpreet ^b   Mishra, Akhilesh C ^c   Chatterjee, Mrinal K ^d   Naik, Trailokya N ^e   Chadha, Mandeep S ^c   Chawla Sarkar, Mamta ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^d Dr B C Roy Memorial Hospital for Children ^*  (India)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 73449099288     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.011304-0     Document Type: Article

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