Browsing Journal Articles by Author "Tepo, A."
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Comparison of nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs for the diagnosis of eight respiratory viruses by real-time reverse transcription-PCR assays.
Kim, C.; Ahmed, J. A.; Eidex, R. B.; Nyoka, R.; Waiboci, Lillian Wangechi; Erdman, D.; Tepo, A.; Mahamud, A. S.; Kabura, W.; Nguhi, M.; Muthoka, P.; Burton, W.; Breiman, R. F.; Njenga, M. K.; Katz, M. A. (Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 2011)BACKGROUND: Many acute respiratory illness surveillance systems collect and test nasopharyngeal (NP) and/or oropharyngeal (OP) swab specimens, yet there are few studies assessing the relative measures of performance for ...