Lessons in diagnostic virology: expected and unexpected sources of error

Reviews in Medical Virology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2019, Pages

  van Zyl, Gert ^a,b   Maritz, Jean ^a,c   Newman, Howard ^a,b   Preiser, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c Pathcare Reference Laboratory   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnostic error; molecular assays; serological assays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; MARKET; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 85066484138     PISSN: 10529276     EISSN: 10991654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rmv.2052     Document Type: Review

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