Comparison of nasal swabs with throat swabs for the detection of respiratory viruses by real-time reverse transcriptase PCR in adult Hajj pilgrims

Journal of Infection

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 207-210

  Benkouiten, Samir ^a,b   Gautret, Philippe ^a,b   Belhouchat, Khadidja ^a   Drali, Tassadit ^a   Nougairede, Antoine ^b,c   Salez, Nicolas ^b,c   Memish, Ziad A ^d,e   Al Masri, Malak ^d   Raoult, Didier ^a,b   Brouqui, Philippe ^a,b   Parola, Philippe ^a,b   Charrel, Rémi N ^b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^e ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADENOVIRIDAE; ADULT; AGED; BOCAPARVOVIRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HAJJ PILGRIM; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INFLUENZA VIRUS C; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; NOSE SMEAR; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PARECHOVIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; NOSE CAVITY; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; NASAL CAVITY; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84921031802     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.08.011     Document Type: Letter

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