| Literature DB >> 24789194 |
Sophie Arbefeville1, Patricia Ferrieri2.
Abstract
A comparison of real-time PCR positivity rates for Bordetella pertussis between specimens collected with rayon swabs on an aluminum wire shaft in Amies gel with charcoal and those collected with flocked swabs in universal viral transport medium during an epidemic revealed that their performances were comparable.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24789194 PMCID: PMC4097675 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01070-14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948