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Investigation of optimal specimen type and sampling time for detection of measles virus RNA during a measles epidemic
M A Riddell1, D Chibo, H A Kelly
1Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. michaela.riddell@mh.org.au
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|January 4, 2001
Abstract:
At various times postonset of rash, 74 patients positive for measles virus-specific immunoglobulin M provided samples for detection of measles virus RNA by a reverse transcriptase PCR. Of lymphocytes, urine, throat swab, and serum specimens, throat swab specimens were optimal for detection of measles virus RNA during the first 2 weeks after the rash.
