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| Author(s): |
Luciano Matsumiya Thomazelli
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2004-12-06 |
| Examining board members: |
Edison Luiz Durigon;
Lourdes Rehder de Andrade Vaz de Lima;
Claudio Sergio Pannuti
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| Advisor: | Edison Luiz Durigon |
| Abstract | |
A reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay based on automated fluorescent capillary electrophoresis and GeneScan software analysis was used to detect nine common respiratory viruses in clinical specimens from young children. Assays for human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV), human parainfluenza viruses 1, 2, and 3, influenza A and B viruses, human metapneumovirus, adenovirus and picornavirus were incorporated into a screening PCR standard assay format. The optimized assay panel was used to test 336 respiratory specimens obtained from children hospitalized with acute respiratory illness (ARI) that had been previously tested by viral culture and indirect immunofluorescence staining (IIF). GS RT-PCR showed be a sensitive and specific methodology, able to detect a larger diversity of respiratory viruses regarding IFI, reducing in this study the percentage of negative samples of 69,9% (235 samples) to 22% (74 samples). (AU) | |