Performance of a commercial assay for the diagnosis of influenza A (H1N1) infection in comparison to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention protocol of real time RT-PCR

At the time of influenza A (H1N1) emergency, the WHO responded with remarkable speed by releasing guidelines and a protocol for a real-time RT-PCR assay (rRT-PCR). The aim of the present study was to evalúate the performance of the "Real Time Ready Influenza A/H1N1 Detection Set" (June 200...

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Main Authors: María G Barbás, Sandra V Gallego, Gonzalo M Castro, Elsa Baumeister, Silvia Kademian, Juan De Leon, Analía Cudolá
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España
Series:Revista Argentina de Microbiología
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0325-75412012000100006&lng=en&tlng=en