Comparison of conventional lateral-flow assays and a new fluorescent immunoassay to detect influenza viruses

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 379-382

  Leonardi, Gary P ^a   Wilson, Adele M ^a   Zuretti, Alejandro R ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced influenza sensitivity; Fluorescence; Lateral flow immunoassay

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84876732082     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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