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Evaluation of a Commercial Direct Fluorescent-Antibody Assay for Human Metapneumovirus in Respiratory Specimens

The performance of a commercially manufactured direct fluorescent-antibody assay kit for human metapneumovirus was compared to that of reverse transcriptase PCR, the current “gold standard.” The kit demonstrated a sensitivity of 95.2%, a specificity of 100%, and an accuracy of 98.9%.

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Auteurs principaux: Vinh, Donald C., Newby, Diane, Charest, Hugues, McDonald, Jane
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2008
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2395077/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18367577
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01554-07
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