Singleplex real-time RT-PCR for detection of influenza A virus and simultaneous differentiation of A/H1N1v and evaluation of the RealStar influenza kit

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-174

  Panning, Marcus ^a   Baumgarte, Sigrid ^b   Laue, Thomas ^c   Bierbaum, Sibylle ^a   Raith, Sabine ^c   Drexler, Jan Felix ^d   Helmer, Angelika ^d   Falcone Kapper, Valeria ^a   Kochs, Georg ^a   Campe, Hartmut ^e   Huzly, Daniela ^a   Eis Hübinger, Anna Maria ^d   Drosten, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Dr Brill Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology   (Germany)

^c Astra Diagnostics   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commercial real time RT PCR; Influenza A virus; Pandemic A H1N1v virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE TARGETING; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 78951490503     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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