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Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 196-199 , July 2009

Development of a real-time RT-PCR for the detection of Swine-lineage Influenza A (H1N1) virus infections

Michael J. Carr
- National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
Rory Gunson
- West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Alasdair Maclean
- West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Suzie Coughlan
- National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
Margaret Fitzgerald
- Department of Public Health, Health Services Executive, Dr. Steeven's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Mary Scully
- Department of Public Health, Health Services Executive, Dr. Steeven's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Brian O’Herlihy
- Department of Public Health, Health Services Executive, Dr. Steeven's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
John Ryan
- Emergency Department, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland
Darina O’Flanagan
- Health Protection Surveillance Centre, 25-27 Middle Gardiner St., Dublin 1, Ireland
Jeff Connell
- National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
William F. Carman
- West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
William W. Hall
- National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Microbiology Department, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Corresponding author at: National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland. Tel.: +353 1 7161236; fax: +353 1 7161239.

Received 30 May 2009 ,Accepted 2 June 2009.

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