Quantitative RT-PCR evaluation of a rapid influenza antigen test for efficient diagnosis of influenza virus infection

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 212, Issue , 2015, Pages 76-79

  Tsushima, Yuko ^a   Uno, Naoki ^a,b   Sasaki, Daisuke ^a   Morinaga, Yoshitomo ^a,b   Hasegawa, Hiroo ^a,b   Yanagihara, Katsunori ^a,b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Influenza virus; Quantitative RT PCR; Rapid influenza antigen detection test

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPID INFLUENZA ANTIGEN DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RAPID TEST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROAT CULTURE; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84912039203     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2014.10.019     Document Type: Article

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