Clinical performance of a rapid influenza test and comparison of nasal versus throat swabs to detect 2009 pandemic influenza a (h1n1) infection in thai children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 366-367

  Suntarattiwong, Piyarat ^a   Jarman, Richard G ^b   Levy, Jens ^a   Baggett, Henry C ^a   Gibbons, Robert V ^b   Chotpitayasunondh, Tawee ^a   Simmerman, James M ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Influenza; Pandemic; Rapid diagnostic tests; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE SMEAR; OUTPATIENT; PANDEMIC; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 77950295408     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181c6f05c     Document Type: Article

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