Influenza virus A H5b RNA [Presence] in Specimen by NAA with probe detection

FLUAV H5b RNA Spec Ql NAA+probe

Definition

This code defines a test that identifies the H5 hekagglutinin of influenza A. It is intended for presumptive identification of virus in patients who may be infected with Asian lineage influenza (influenza A subtype A/H5). The specimen can be human respiratory or viral culture.From the CDC: "Testing with the influenza H5a and H5b primer and probe sets should not be performed unless the patient meets the most current U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) clinical and epidemiologic criteria for testing suspect A/H5 specimens. The definitive identification of influenza A/H5 (Asian lineage) either directly from patient specimens or from virus cultures requires additional laboratory testing, along with clinical and epidemiological assessment in consultation with national influenza surveillance experts.

3 Self-Sustaining Sequence Replication; 3SR SR; Amplif; Amplification; Amplified; Avian influenza; Bird flu; DNA NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; DNA probe; FLUA; FLUAV; FLUAV H5b; FLUV; Fowl plague; ID; Infectious Disease; InfectiousDisease; Influ; Influenza A; Influenza A virus; LAT; LCR; Ligase chain reaction; Ligation-activated transcription; Microbiology; Misc; Miscellaneous; NAA+probe; NAAT; NASBA; Nucleic acid sequence based analysis; Ordinal; Other; PCR; Point in time; Polymerase chain reaction; PR; Probe amp; Probe with ampification; Probe with target amplification; QBR; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Ribonucleic acid; Screen; SDA; Spec; Strand Displacement Amplification; TMA; To be specified in another part of the message; Transcription mediated amplification; Unspecified

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