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Testing of Diagnostic Methods for Detection of Influenza Virusfor Optimal Performance in the Context of an Influenza Surveillance Network

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2007-09

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Pérez-Ruiz, Mercedes
Yeste, Ruth
Ruiz-Pérez, María-José
Ruiz-Bravo, Alfonso
de la Rosa-Fraile, Manuel
Navarro-Marí, José María

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American Society for Microbiology
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Influenza surveillance networks must detect early the viruses that will cause the forthcoming annual epidemics and isolate the strains for further characterization. We obtained the highest sensitivity (95.4%) with a diagnostic tool that combined a shell-vial assay and reverse transcription-PCR on cell culture supernatants at 48 h, and indeed, recovered the strain

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Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans
Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Virus Diseases::RNA Virus Infections::Orthomyxoviridae Infections::Influenza, Human
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Diagnosis::Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures::Clinical Laboratory Techniques::Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Viruses::RNA Viruses::Orthomyxoviridae
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Sensitivity and Specificity
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Sentinel Surveillance
Medical Subject Headings::Disciplines and Occupations::Natural Science Disciplines::Biological Science Disciplines::Biology::Microbiology::Virology
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Diagnosis::Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures::Clinical Laboratory Techniques::Microbiological Techniques::Virus Cultivation

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Humanos, Gripe humana, Patología molecular, Orthomyxoviridae, Sensibilidad y especificidad, Vigilancia de guardia, Virología, Cultivo de virus

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Pérez-Ruiz M, , Yeste R, Ruiz-Pérez MJ, Ruiz-Bravo A, de la Rosa-Fraile M , Navarro-Marí JM. Testing of Diagnostic Methods for Detection of Influenza Virus for Optimal Performance in the Context of an Influenza Surveillance Network. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Sep;45(9):3109-10