Performance of the Alere i RSV assay for point-of-care detection of respiratory syncytial virus in children

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Schnee, Sarah Valerie ^a,b   Pfeil, Johannes ^a   Ihling, Clara Marlene ^a,b   Tabatabai, Julia ^a,b   Schnitzler, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Heidelberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS LOAD; WINTER; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EVALUATION STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85038110820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2855-1     Document Type: Article

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