Prospective evaluation of the Alere i Influenza A&B nucleic acid amplification versus Xpert Flu/RSV

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-22

  Nguyen Van, J C ^a   Camelena F ^a   Dahoun, M ^a   Pilmis, B ^b   Mizrahi, A ^a   Lourtet, J ^a   Behillil, S ^c   Enouf, V ^c   Le Monnier, A ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Equipe mobile de microbiologie clinique   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Alere i Influenza; Influenza virus; Prospective evaluation

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA A AND B ASSAY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID TEST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958206010     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.11.012     Document Type: Article

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