Comparison of a laboratory-developed RT-PCR and the CDC RT-PCR protocol with rapid immunodiagnostic testing during the 2009 H1N1 influenza A pandemic

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-239

  Liao, Robert Steven ^a   Landt, Olfert ^b   Hill, Joseph Thaddeus ^a  

^a PeaceHealth Laboratories   (United States)

^b TIB MOLBIOL GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen; H1N1; Influenza; PCR; RIDT; RVP; XTAG

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NOSE SMEAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

EID: 79955968761     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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