Association of the CT values of real-time PCR of viral upper respiratory tract infection with clinical severity, Kenya

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 924-932

  Fuller, James A ^a   Njenga, M Kariuki ^b,c   Bigogo, Godfrey ^b,c   Aura, Barrack ^b,c   Ope, Maurice O ^c,d   Nderitu, Leonard ^b,c   Wakhule, Lilian ^b,c   Erdman, Dean D ^e   Breiman, Robert F ^b,c   Feikin, Daniel R ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

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

^d Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

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

Author keywords

Influenza; PCRl; Respiratory syncytial virus; Viral pneumonial

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLE THRESHOLD VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NOSE SMEAR; OUTPATIENT; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; INFANT; KENYA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; OROPHARYNX; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; OUTPATIENTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875654749     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23455     Document Type: Article

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