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J Clin Microbiol. Detection of Influenza H7N9: All Molecular Tests are Not Equal.

Giuseppe

Emeritus
[Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]


J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print]

Detection of Influenza H7N9: All Molecular Tests are Not Equal.

Hatchette TF, Drews SJ, Bastien N, Li Y, German G, Antonishyn N, Charest H, Mazzulli T, Fonseca K, Krajden M, Petric M, Dust K, Leblanc JJ.

Source: Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Capital District Health Authority (CDHA).


Abstract

The recent emergence of influenza A (H7N9) emphasizes the need for its rapid detection. While commercial nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are commonly used to detect seasonal influenza, this study demonstrates the analytical sensitivity of commercial assays is highly variable compared to CDC-based in-house NAATs for the detection of H7N9.


PMID: 23966485 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


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