Evaluation of a multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of influenza and respiratory syncytial viruses

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 40-42

  Esposito, Susanna ^a   Scala, Alessia ^a   Tagliabue, Claudia ^a   Zampiero, Alberto ^a   Bianchini, Sonia ^a   Principi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Influenza; PCR; Respiratory viruses; RSV; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MULTIPLEX REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NASAL FLOCKED SWAB; NASOPHARYNGEAL SWAB; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; VIRUS DETECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NASOPHARYNX; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84949323951     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.09.014     Document Type: Article

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