Analytical sensitivity of seven point-of-care influenza virus detection tests and two molecular tests for detection of avian origin H7N9 and swine origin H3N2 variant influenza a viruses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3160-3161

  Chan, Kwok Hung ^a   To, Kelvin K W ^a   Chan, Jasper F W ^a   Li, Clara P Y ^a   Chen, Honglin ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA A (H7N9); LETTER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; M GENE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84882665560     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01222-13     Document Type: Letter

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