Detection of influenza h7n9 virus: All molecular tests are not equal

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3835-3838

  Hatchette, Todd F ^a,b   Drews, Steven J ^c,d   Bastien, Nathalie ^e   Li, Yan ^e   German, Gregory ^f   Antonishyn, Nick ^g   Charest, Hugues ^h,i   Mazzulli, Tony ^j,k   Fonseca, Kevin ^c,d   Krajden, Mel ^l,m   Petric, Martin ^l,m   Dust, Kerry ⁿ   LeBlanc, Jason J ^a,b  

^a Capital District Health Authority   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f Prince Edward Island   (Canada)

^g Saskatchewan Ministry of Health   (Canada)

^h INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^l BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁿ CADHAM PROVINCIAL LABORATORY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84886510500     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01808-13     Document Type: Article

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