title: Cytospin-enhanced immunofluorescence and impact of sample quality on detection of novel swine origin (H1N1) influenza virus.
abstract: Nasopharyngeal swabs (n = 601) from 278 adult and 323 pediatric patients were tested within 24 h of receipt by cytospin-enhanced direct immunofluorescence antibody testing (DFA) and real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) using the CDC assay. Cytospin-enhanced DFA detected 230 (84.6%) of 272 swine influenza A PCR-positive results overall but 25 (92.6%) of 27 positive results in patients less than 5 years old and 208 (96.7%) of 215 positive samples with cycle threshold values of <26.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Virology Laboratory, Yale New Haven Hospital, and Department of Laboratory Medicine,Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8035, USA. marie.landry@yale.edu
authors.forename: Marie L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Landry
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D019085:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000821:virology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult