Becton Dickinson Directigen EZ Flu A+B assay in the diagnosis of pandemic influenza A H1N1 2009 virus infection in adult patients
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diagnosis of pandemic influenza A H1N1 2009 virus infection in adult patients José Miguel Nogueira, Juan Alberola, Marı́a Jesús Alcaraz, Juan Garcı́a de Lomas, David Navarro Microbiology Service, Hospital Peset Aleixandre, Valencia, Spain. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain. Correspondence: David Navarro, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain. Av Blasco Ibáñez 17, Valencia 46010, Spain. E-mail: [email protected]
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