Comparison of the Simplexa™ Flu A/B & RSV kit (nucleic acid extraction-dependent assay) and the Prodessa ProFlu+™ assay for detecting influenza and respiratory syncytial viruses

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-52

  Selvaraju, Suresh B ^a   Bambach, Adrienne V ^a   Leber, Amy L ^b   Patru, Maria Magdalena ^a   Patel, Anami ^c   Menegus, Marilyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Le Bonheur Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Flu and RSV detection; FOCUS nucleic acid extraction dependent assay; Prodessa Proflu assay; Simplexa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NASOPHARYNX; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926008760     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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