RT-PCR Technology Provides New Accurate Diagnostic Test For Swine H1N1 Influenza, Université de la Méditerranée and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Hôpitaux de Marseille, CEH, and EHESP School of Public Health Study

Medical News Today -- A new, easy-to-perform method for detecting both seasonal influenza A virus and the emerging H1N1 swine-derived influenza A virus in human clinical samples offers a fast, sensitive, and cost-effective diagnostic test that runs on standard laboratory equipment. This timely and broadly applicable molecular technique is described in an article published online ahead of print in Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The article is available free online at http://www.liebertpub.com/vbz.

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