Evaluation and clinical validation of an alcohol-based transport medium for preservation and inactivation of respiratory viruses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2138-2142

  Luinstra, Kathy ^a   Petrich, Astrid ^b,e   Castriciano, Santina ^a,c   Ackerman, Mona ^d   Chong, Sylvia ^a   Carruthers, Susan ^a   Ammons, Brenna ^e   Mahony, James B ^a,e   Smieja, Marek ^a,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c Futura Science Park   (Italy)

^d Qual Mgmt Program Laboratory Serv   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENTEROVIRUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NOSE SMEAR; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSPORT MEDIUM; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS TITRATION;

ALCOHOLS; DISINFECTANTS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUSES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; CERCOPITHECINE HERPESVIRUS 1; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 79957480826     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00327-11     Document Type: Article

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