Comparing the Cobas Liat Influenza A/B and respiratory syncytial virus assay with multiplex nucleic acid testing

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 582-587

  Gosert, Rainer ^a   Naegele, Klaudia ^a   Hirsch, Hans H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

influenza virus; nucleic acid amplification testing; point of care test; respiratory syncytial virus; turn around time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PNEUMOVIRUS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; WINTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85056465395     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.25344     Document Type: Article

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