Rapid Detection of Respiratory Tract Viral Infections and Coinfections in Patients with Influenza-Like Illnesses by Use of Reverse Transcription-PCR DNA Microarray Systems

95 nasal swabs or nasopharyngeal aspirates taken from 56 adults and 39 children visiting the Reims University Medical Centre (northern France) for influenza-like illnesses (ILI) during the early stage of the French influenza A/H1N1v pandemic (October 2009).

Combination of two commercially available reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) DNA microarray systems

Generic and classical real-time RT-PCR assay

Detection of influenza A virus strains (including A/H1N1v) and 20 other common or newly discovered respiratory virusessurrogate