Diagnostic Approach for the Differentiation of the Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1)v Virus from Recent Human Influenza Viruses by Real-Time PCR

Martin Schulze; Andreas Nitsche; Brunhilde Schweiger; Barbara Biere

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009966

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Diagnostic Approach for the Differentiation of the Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1)v Virus from Recent Human Influenza Viruses by Real-Time PCR

Martin Schulze,

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Fachgebiet 17 Influenza/Respiratorische Viren, Berlin, Germany
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Andreas Nitsche,

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Zentrum für Biologische Sicherheit 1, Berlin, Germany
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Brunhilde Schweiger,

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Fachgebiet 17 Influenza/Respiratorische Viren, Berlin, Germany
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Barbara Biere

* E-mail: biereb@rki.de

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Fachgebiet 17 Influenza/Respiratorische Viren, Berlin, Germany
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Diagnostic Approach for the Differentiation of the Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1)v Virus from Recent Human Influenza Viruses by Real-Time PCR

Martin Schulze,
Andreas Nitsche,
Brunhilde Schweiger,
Barbara Biere

Published: April 1, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009966

About the Authors

Martin Schulze

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Fachgebiet 17 Influenza/Respiratorische Viren, Berlin, Germany

Andreas Nitsche

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Zentrum für Biologische Sicherheit 1, Berlin, Germany

Brunhilde Schweiger

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Fachgebiet 17 Influenza/Respiratorische Viren, Berlin, Germany

Barbara Biere

* E-mail: biereb@rki.de

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Fachgebiet 17 Influenza/Respiratorische Viren, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB. Performed the experiments: MS. Analyzed the data: BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AN BS. Wrote the paper: BB.

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