Rapid diagnostic tests for identifying avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in clinical samples

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-90

  Chen, Yu ^a,b   Wang, Dayan ^b,c   Zheng, Shufa ^a,b   Shu, Yuelong ^b,c   Chen, Wenxiang ^d   Cui, Dawei ^a   Li, Jinming ^d   Yu, Hongjie ^c   Wang, Yu ^c   Li, Lanjuan ^a,b   Shang, Hong ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; INFLUENZA A RAPID TEST; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; LIMIT OF DETECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS LOAD; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM;

EID: 84919626816     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2101.140247     Document Type: Article

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