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- Title
Superiority of reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction to conventional viral culture in the diagnosis of acute respiratory tract infections in children.
- Authors
Weinberg, Geoffrey A; Erdman, Dean D; Edwards, Kathryn M; Hall, Caroline B; Walker, Frances J; Griffin, Marie R; Schwartz, Benjamin; New Vaccine Surveillance Network Study Group
- Abstract
We compared the rates of detection of respiratory viruses by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and by conventional viral culture in 668 combined nasal and throat samples from a prospective, multicenter, population-based study of acute respiratory tract infections among hospitalized children aged <5 years. RT-PCR increased the yield of viral identification by 2-fold, compared with that of culture alone. The increased sensitivity of viral detection by RT-PCR will yield better estimates of the population burden of viral respiratory infections.
- Publication
The Journal of infectious diseases, 2004, Vol 189, Issue 4, p706
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/381456