Effectiveness of patient-collected swabs for influenza testing

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 548-554

  Dhiman, Neelam ^a,b   Miller, Rita M ^a   Finley, Janet L ^a   Sztajnkrycer, Matthew D ^a   Nestler, David M ^a   Boggust, Andy J ^a   Jenkins, Sarah M ^a   Smith, Thomas F ^a   Wilson, John W ^a   Cockerill, Franklin R ^a   Pritt, Bobbi S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE WORKER COLLECTED NASAL SWAB; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF COLLECTED NASAL SWAB; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 84863432337     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.02.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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