Collection by trained pediatricians or parents of mid-turbinate nasal flocked swabs for the detection of influenza viruses in childhood

Virology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Esposito, Susanna ^a   Molteni, Claudio G ^a   Daleno, Cristina ^a   Valzano, Antonia ^a   Tagliabue, Claudia ^a   Galeone, Carlotta ^b   Milani, Gregorio ^a   Fossali, Emilio ^a   Marchisio, Paola ^a   Principi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MIDTURBINATED NASAL FLOCKED SWAB; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PHOCINE DISTEMPER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RNA EXTRACTION; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUE; VIRUS DETECTION; EVALUATION; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NOSE MUCOSA; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; TURBINATE; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NASAL MUCOSA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PARENTS; PHYSICIANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TURBINATES; VIROLOGY;

EID: 77951572253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-85     Document Type: Article

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