Sensitivity of rapid influenza antigen tests in the diagnosis of pandemic (H1N1)2009 compared with the standard rRT-PCR technique during the 2009 pandemic in Turkey

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 902-905

  Ciblak, Meral Akcay ^a   Kanturvardar, Melis ^a   Asar, Serkan ^a   Bozkaya, Emel ^a   Yenen, O Sadi ^a   Badur, Selim ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78549283190     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2010.502903     Document Type: Article

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