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Research Article

Sensitivity of rapid influenza antigen tests in the diagnosis of pandemic (H1N1)2009 compared with the standard rRT-PCR technique during the 2009 pandemic in Turkey

Meral Akcay Ciblak From the National Influenza Reference Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Melis Kanturvardar From the National Influenza Reference Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Serkan Asar From the National Influenza Reference Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Emel Bozkaya From the National Influenza Reference Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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O. Sadi Yenen From the National Influenza Reference Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Selim Badur From the National Influenza Reference Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Pages 902-905 | Received 18 Mar 2010, Accepted 14 Jun 2010, Published online: 22 Jul 2010

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