Performance characteristics of xpert Flu/RSV XC assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2720-2721

  Popowitch, Elena B ^a   Miller, Melissa B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A RAPID TEST; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASE IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ASSAY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NASOPHARYNX; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84938093606     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00972-15     Document Type: Article

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