Analytical and clinical validation of novel real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assays for the clinical detection of swine-origin H1N1 influenza viruses

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-171

  Duncan, Carla ^a   Guthrie, Jennifer L ^a   Tijet, Nathalie ^a   Elgngihy, Naglaa ^a   Turenne, Christine ^a   Seah, Christine ^a   Lau, Rachel ^a   McTaggart, Lisa ^a   Mallo, Gustavo ^a   Perusini, Stephen ^a   Rebbapragada, Anu ^a,b,c   Melano, Roberto ^a,b,c   Low, Donald E ^a,b,c   Farrell, David ^a,b   Guyard, Cyril ^a,b,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design; RRT PCR; S OIV H1N1 FluA; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE CULTURE; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRUS DETECTION;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ONTARIO; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78651428148     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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