Comparison of Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal swabs for the diagnosis of eight respiratory viruses by real-time reverse transcription-PCR assays

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Curi ^a   Ahmed, Jamal A ^b   Eidex, Rachel B ^b   Nyoka, Raymond ^b   Waiboci, Lilian W ^b   Erdman, Dean ^a   Tepo, Adan ^b   Mahamud, Abdirahman S ^b   Kabura, Wamburu ^c   Nguhi, Margaret ^d   Muthoka, Philip ^e   Burton, Wagacha ^f   Breiman, Robert F ^b   Njenga, M Kariuki ^b   Katz, Mark A ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (Kenya)

^e Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^f United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; NASOPHARYNGEAL SWAB; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNGEAL SWAB; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THROAT CULTURE; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; ADOLESCENT; METHODOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 79959732710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021610     Document Type: Article

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