A survey strategy for human respiratory syncytial virus detection among haematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: epidemiological and methodological analysis

Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) causes severe infections among children and immunocompromised patients. We compared HRSV infections among Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant program (HSCT) patients and children using direct immunofluorescence (DFA), point-of-care RSV Bio Easy® and a polymer...

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Auteurs principaux: Luciana Peniche Moreira, Aripuanã Sakurada Aranha Watanabe, Emerson Carraro, Ellen Ricci Monteiro da Silva, Sandra Baltazar Guatura, Celso Granato, Nancy Junqueira Bellei
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Langue:English
Publié: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2013-02-01
Collection:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Accès en ligne:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000100021&lng=en&tlng=en