The evaluation of three diagnostic tests for the detection of equine influenza nucleoprotein in nasal swabs

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 376-383

  Galvin, Pamela ^a   Gildea, Sarah ^a   Nelly, Maura ^a   Quinlivan, Michelle ^a   Arkins, Sean ^b   Walsh, Cathal ^c   Cullinane, Ann ^a  

^a IRISH EQUINE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; ELISA; Equine influenza; Espline; Nucleoprotein directigen; Rapid antigen detection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN; CORE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; NP PROTEIN, INFLUENZA A VIRUS; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUINE INFLUENZA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE ELISA KIT; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANIMAL; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC USE; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASES; NOSE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NOSE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 84898037006     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12235     Document Type: Article

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