Influenza Virus

Sensitive RT-PCR detects influenza A virus and amantadine-resistant isolates

Published in Blood Weekly, August 26th, 2004

A sensitive RT-PCR assay detects influenza A virus and amantadine-resistant isolates.

According to recent research from the United States, "A reverse transcriptase PCR was developed to detect 50 or 5,000 RNA copies of influenza A virus per ml in throat swab specimens. "

"The assay was more sensitive than the Directigen Flu A test," C.T. Pachucki and colleagues reported.

"The technique was also used to detect amantadine-resistant isolates," said investigators.

Pachucki and colleagues published their study in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (Utility of reverse transcriptase PCR for rapid diagnosis of...

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