Comparison of nasopharyngeal nylon flocked swabs with universal transport medium and rayonbud swabs with a sponge reservoir of viral transport medium in the diagnosis of paediatric influenza

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-99

  Esposito, Susanna ^a   Molteni, Claudio Giuseppe ^a   Daleno, Cristina ^a   Valzano, Antonia ^a   Cesati, Laura ^a   Gualtieri, Laura ^a   Tagliabue, Claudia ^a   Bosis, Samantha ^a   Principi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; THROAT CULTURE; TRANSPORT MEDIUM; VIRUS DETECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 73649132252     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.015305-0     Document Type: Article

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