Comparison of the IMDx influenza A Virus, influenza B Virus, and respiratory syncytial virus A/B assay on the m2000 platform with real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assays

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4441-4442

  Adachi, Dena ^a   Tang, Julian W ^a,b,c   Lundeberg, Roberta ^a   Tipples, Graham ^a,b   Charlton, Carmen L ^a,b   Drews, Steven J ^a,d  

^a PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS A; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS B; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; VIROLOGY;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84910141442     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02565-14     Document Type: Letter

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