Assessment of antigen and molecular tests with serial specimens from a patient with influenza A(H7N9) infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2272-2274

  Chan, Kwok Hung ^a   To, Kelvin K W ^a,b   Chan, Jasper F W ^a,b   Li, Clara P Y ^a   Chan, Kit Man ^a   Chen, Honglin ^a,b   Ho, Pak Leung ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BIOCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIGEN DETECTION; DYSPNEA; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; LETTER; MALAISE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTURE; CASE REPORT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; TIME; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901673586     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00446-14     Document Type: Letter

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