Comparison of Becton Dickinson Directigen EZ Flu A+B test against the CDC real-time PCR assay for detection of 2009 pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 343-344

  Karre, Tess ^a   Maguire, Hugh F ^b   Butcher, David ^b   Graepler, Amy ^a   Weed, Diane ^a   Wilson, Michael L ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS DETECTION;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949088010     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02063-09     Document Type: Short Survey

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