ArticleCurrent infectious disease reports2011
Molecular diagnosis of viral respiratory infections.
Article in Current infectious disease reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Respiratory infections in pregnancy and early life-association with the development of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in children: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Molecular Point-of-Care Testing for Respiratory Pathogens in Children With Respiratory Infections: A Retrospective Case-Control Study.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021Article
- Humans and cattle: a review of bovine zoonoses.Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2014Review
- Respiratory virus multiplex RT-PCR assay sensitivities and influence factors in hospitalized children with lower respiratory tract infections.Virologica Sinica · 2013Article
- Update on influenza diagnostics: lessons from the novel H1N1 influenza A pandemic.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2012Review
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Abstract
In clinical practice, a rapid and accurate identification of pathogens causing viral respiratory tract infections can be problematic because of nonspecific clinical presentations, lack of rapid and sensitive tests, and the emergence of new and mutating viral pathogens. Nucleic acid-targeted molecular techniques are increasingly being used to provide high sensitivity and specificity, short test turnaround time, and automatic and high-throughput processing. In-house and commercially available molecular methods have been developed to qualitatively and quantitatively detect and identify a single or a panel of clinically encountered respiratory tract viruses in a single reaction. Molecular techniques are being gradually introduced in routine laboratory diagnosis of viral respiratory tract infections. However, their performance characteristics and limitations must be clearly understood by both laboratory personnel and clinicians to ensure proper utilization and interpretation.
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