Serology as an adjunct to polymerase chain reaction assays for surveillance of acute respiratory virus infections

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 445-446

  Sawatwong, Pongpun ^a   Chittaganpitch, Malinee ^a   Hall, Henrietta ^b   Peruski, Leonard F ^a,c   Xu, Xiyan ^b   Baggett, Henry C ^a,c   Fry, Alicia M ^b   Erdman, Dean D ^b   Olsen, Sonja J ^a,b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY VIRUS INFECTION; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; AMPLICON; ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; LETTER; NASOPHARYNX; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; THAILAND; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84862940915     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir710     Document Type: Letter

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