Evaluation of multiple commercial molecular and conventional diagnostic assays for the detection of respiratory viruses in children

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1900-1906

  Gharabaghi, F ^a   Hawan, A ^b   Drews, S J ^c,d   Richardson, S E ^a,e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^c PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; DFA; Multiplex PCR; Pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza A virus; Respiratory viruses; Viral culture

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS ISOLATION;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 81255171314     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03529.x     Document Type: Article

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