Performance of the Alere™ i Influenza A&B and the Cepheid Xpert® Flu/RSV XC assays

Future Virology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 251-259

  Zelyas, Nathan ^a   Shokoples, Sandy ^a   Droogers, Joel ^b   Lundeberg, Roberta ^a   Leedell, Duane ^b   Drews, Steven J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alere i Influenza A B assay; Cepheid Xpert Flu RSV XC; influenza; molecular diagnostics; rapid testing; respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORKFLOW;

EID: 85021209203     PISSN: 17460794     EISSN: 17460808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fvl-2017-0002     Document Type: Article

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