Detection and quantification of influenza C virus in pediatric respiratory specimens by real-time PCR and comparison with infectious viral counts

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-134

  Matsuzaki, Yoko ^a   Ikeda, Tatsuya ^b   Abiko, Chieko ^b   Aoki, Yoko ^b   Mizuta, Katsumi ^b   Shimotai, Yoshitaka ^a   Sugawara, Kanetsu ^a   Hongo, Seiji ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Infectivity assay; Influenza C virus; Real time PCR; Viral load

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EGG; GENE SEQUENCE; INFLUENZA C; INFLUENZA VIRUS C; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTINATION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFLUENZAVIRUS C; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 84860332335     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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