Evaluation of a New Rapid Antigen Test Using Immunochromatography for Detection of Human Metapneumovirus in Comparison with Real-Time PCR Assay

A new rapid human metapneumovirus (hMPV) detection kit using immunochromatography (SAS hMPV test) was compared to real-time PCR for 224 nasal swab specimens, 96.4% of which were obtained from children of <15 years of age. The overall sensitivity and specificity were 82.3% and 93.8%, respectively,...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Matsuzaki, Yoko, Takashita, Emi, Okamoto, Michiko, Mizuta, Katsumi, Itagaki, Tsutomu, Katsushima, Fumio, Katsushima, Yuriko, Nagai, Yukio, Nishimura, Hidekazu
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2009
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Virology
Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738101/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19571031
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00321-09
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