Analytical performance of the Alere™ i Influenza A&B assay for the rapid detection of influenza viruses;Evaluación del sistema Alere™ i Influenza A&B para la detección rápida de virus de la gripe

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 438-440

  Riazzo, Cristina ^a   Pérez Ruiz, Mercedes ^a   Sanbonmatsu Gámez, Sara ^a   Pedrosa Corral, Irene ^a   Gutiérrez Fernández, José ^a   Navarro Marí, José María ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Influenza; Molecular testing; Rapid detection

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BRONCHIAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS ANTIGEN TEST; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; RAPID TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VRS DIRECT ASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; TIME FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84949033568     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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