Comparison of a rapid antigen test with nucleic acid testing during cocirculation of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 and seasonal influenza A/H3N2

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 290-291

  Kok, Jen ^a   Blyth, Christopher C ^a   Foo, Hong ^a   Patterson, Jason ^a   Taylor, Janette ^a   McPhie, Kenneth ^a   Ratnamohan, V Mala ^a   Iredell, Jonathan R ^a   Dwyer, Dominic E ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 73949109268     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01465-09     Document Type: Note

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