Molecular detection of human H7N9 influenza a virus causing outbreaks in China

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1062-1067

  Wong, Chloe K S ^a   Zhu, Huachen ^a,b,c   Li, Olive T W ^a   Leung, Yin Hung C ^a   Chan, Michael C W ^a,b   Guan, Yi ^a,b,c   Peiris, Joseph S M ^a,b   Poon, Leo L M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MUTATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84879728070     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2013.208975     Document Type: Article

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