Evaluation of the Xpert Flu A Panel nucleic acid amplification-based point-of-care test for influenza A virus detection and pandemic H1 subtyping

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-89

  Jenny, Shireen L ^a   Hu, Yaobi ^a   Overduin, Pieter ^a   Meijer, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Influenza; Molecular; Pandemic; Point of care; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N7; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENESIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956651632     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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