Can newly developed, rapid immunochromatographic antigen detection tests be reliably used for the laboratory diagnosis of influenza virus infections?

JJ Dunn, CC Ginocchio - J Clin Microbiol, 2014 - academicworks.medicine.hofstra …
Five years ago, the Point-Counterpoint series was launched. The initial article asked about
the role of rapid immunochromatographic antigen testing in diagnosis of influenza A virus …

[HTML][HTML] Development of multiplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for simultaneous detection of influenza A, B and adenoviruses

M Nakhaie, H Soleimanjahi, HR Mollaie… - Iranian journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: After collecting samples from patients with respiratory disease, virus genome was
extracted, then Monoplex PCR was used on positive samples and Multiplex RT-PCR on …

[PDF][PDF] A clinical utility of a strip test for influenza A/B and comparison with detection by RT PCR

M Miarka, A Horban, H Maliszewska… - Acta Biochimica …, 2014 - bibliotekanauki.pl
Introduction and objective: In June 2009 the World Health Organization announced
influenza pandemic caused by A/H1N1/v virus. It became crucial to recognize new cases of …

A novel high-speed droplet-polymerase chain reaction can detect human influenza virus in less than 30 min

K Matsuda, A Yamaguchi, C Taira, A Sueki, H Koeda… - Clinica Chimica …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been widely used for diagnosis
of infection. Rapid detection of influenza virus is useful for therapeutic decisions. We …

[HTML][HTML] A novel PCR-based point-of-care method facilitates rapid, efficient, and sensitive diagnosis of influenza virus infection

RLJ Schmidt, A Simon, T Popow-Kraupp… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of this single-centre study was the comparative analysis of the GeneXpert
(Cepheid Inc.) and the LIAT (Roche) system for the rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) …

Evaluation of PCR testing of ethanol-fixed nasal swab specimens as an augmented surveillance strategy for influenza virus and adenovirus identification

AE Krafft, KL Russell, AW Hawksworth… - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Viral culture isolation has been widely accepted as the “gold standard” for laboratory
confirmation of viral infection; however, it requires ultralow temperature specimen storage …

[HTML][HTML] SAA and CRP are potential indicators in distinction and severity assessment for children with influenza

S Zou, J Liu, Z Yang, D Xiao, D Cao - International Journal of Infectious …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose The clinical values of C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid A (SAA) to
distinguish non-severe from severe influenza in children are rarely reported. Methods …

Point-counterpoint: can newly developed, rapid immunochromatographic antigen detection tests be reliably used for the laboratory diagnosis of influenza virus …

JJ Dunn, CC Ginocchio - Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Five years ago, the Point-Counterpoint series was launched. The initial article asked about
the role of rapid immunochromatographic antigen testing in the diagnosis of influenza A …

Laboratory diagnosis of influenza: recent advances

GJ Demmler - Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2002 - Elsevier
The rapid and accurate diagnosis of influenza virus infection now is available to clinicians
practicing in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Newly licensed reagents are reliable and …

Comparative study of nasopharyngeal aspirate and nasal swab specimens for diagnosis of acute viral respiratory infection

RYT Sung, PKS Chan, KC Choi… - Journal of clinical …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Paired nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) and nasal swab (NS) samples from 475 children
hospitalized for acute respiratory infection were studied for the detection of influenza virus …