Comparison of combined nose-throat swabs with nasopharyngeal aspirates for detection of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 virus by real-time reverse transcriptase PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3492-3495

  De La Tabla, Victoria Ortiz ^a   Masiá, Mar ^b   Antequera, Pedro ^a   Martin, Coral ^a   Gazquez, Gregoria ^a   Buñuel, Fernando ^a   Gutiérrez, Félix ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957773148     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01105-10     Document Type: Article

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