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Performance of diagnostic tests to detect respiratory viruses in older adults

The performance of 4 laboratory methods for diagnosis of viral respiratory tract infections (RTI) in older adults was evaluated. Seventy-four nasopharyngeal (NP) swab specimens were obtained from 60 patients with RTI at a long-term care facility over 2 respiratory seasons. Sixteen specimens were pos...

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Autores principales: She, Rosemary C., Polage, Christopher R., Caram, Lauren B., Taggart, Edward W., Hymas, Weston C., Woods, Christopher W., Schmader, Kenneth, Petti, Cathy A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7132674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20542205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.02.020