Response letter to rapid diagnosis of influenza: An evaluation of two commercially available RT-PCR assays

Journal of Infection

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 290-291

  Charrel, Rémi N ^a,b   Salez, Nicolas ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREND STUDY; VIRUS DETECTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84873276399     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.10.012     Document Type: Letter

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