PCR for detection of respiratory viruses: Seasonal variations of virus infections

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 615-626

  Olofsson, Sigvard ^a   Brittain Long, Robin ^b   Andersson, Lars Magnus ^c   Westin, Johan ^a   Lindh, Magnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

epidemiology; laboratory diagnosis; mixed infections; real time PCR; seasonal distribution

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; BOCAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; KI VIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PARECHOVIRUS; POLYOMA VIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING; WU VIRUS;

COINFECTION; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 80051764517     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.11.75     Document Type: Review

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