Rapid diagnosis of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus (S-OIV): Useful or hype?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Plebani, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Flu; H1N1; Swine origin influenza A; Testing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 74549224090     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.021     Document Type: Editorial

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