Validity of two rapid point of Care Influenza tests and Direct Fluorecence assay in comparison of Real Time PCR for swine of origin Influenza virus

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-11

  Al Johani, S M ^a,b   Al Balawi, M ^b   Al Alwan, B ^b   Al Hefdhi, R ^b   Hajeer, A ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

DFA; H1N1; Rapid influenza diagnostics; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA A ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CARE INFLUENZA TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE INFLUENZA; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; VALIDATION STUDY;

FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

EID: 79951723615     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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