Comparison of the performance of direct fluorescent antibody staining, a point-of-care rapid antigen test and virus isolation with that of RT-PCR for the detection of novel 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus in respiratory specimens

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 713-717

  Ganzenmueller, Tina ^a   Kluba, Jeanette ^a   Hilfrich, Birgit ^a   Puppe, Wolfram ^a   Verhagen, Willem ^a   Heim, Albert ^a   Schulz, Thomas ^a   Henke Gendo, Cornelia ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953016310     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.017244-0     Document Type: Article

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