Efficacy of PCR and other diagnostic met
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R�ty, Riitta; Kleemola, Marjaana; Mel�n, Krister; Stenvik, Mirja; Julkunen, Ilkk
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Five methods were evaluated for the detection of adenovirus directly from nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPA), including conventional and rapid virus culture, two antigen detection tests, and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). NPA specimens were obtained from 269 military conscripts suffering from an a