A validation study comparing the sensitivity and specificity of the new Dr. KSU H1N1 RT-PCR kit with real-time RT-PCR for diagnosing influenza A (H1N1)

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-355

  Binsaeed, Abdulaziz ^a,b   Al Khedhairy, Abdulaziz ^c   Mandil, Ahmed ^b   Shaikh, Shaffi ^a   Qureshi, Riaz ^a   Al Khattaf, Abdulaziz ^d   Habib, Hanan ^d   Alam, Awatif ^b   Al Ansary, Lubna ^a   Al Omran, Mohammed ^e  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KSU Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961154131     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.83212     Document Type: Article

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