Successful application of a simple specimen transport method for the conduct of respiratory virus surveillance in remote Indigenous communities in Australia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 766-772

  O'Grady, Kerry Ann F ^a,b,c   Torzillo, Paul J ^d,e,f   Rockett, Rebecca J ^a,g,h   Whiley, David M ^a,g,h   Nissen, Michael D ^a,g,h   Sloots, Theo P ^a,g,h   Lambert, Stephen B ^a,g,h  

^a Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara   (Australia)

^g ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Remote area; Respiratory infection; Respiratory viruses; Specimen transport

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SAMPLING; SPECIMEN BANK; VIABILITY; VIRUS;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOCAVIRUS; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POSTAL MAIL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; URBAN AREA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS VIABILITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NASAL CAVITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTAL SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRANSPORTATION; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALIA;

BOCAVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS;

EID: 79955782918     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02757.x     Document Type: Article

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