Evaluation of xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel FAST and xTAG Human Parainfluenza Virus Analyte-Specific Reagents for detection of human parainfluenza viruses in respiratory specimens

Creator(s)

Suresh B. Selvaraju, Children's Mercy Hospital
Rangaraj Selvarangan, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2012

Identifier

DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.11.005; PMCID: PMC7172276

Abstract

The multiplex xTAG ® Respiratory Viral Panel FAST (RVP FAST) research-use-only assay and xTAG ® Human Parainfluenza Virus Analyte-Specific Reagent (HPIV-ASR) assay were evaluated with 99 culture-confirmed human parainfluenza virus (HPIV)-positive and -negative specimens and found to have analytical sensitivities of 95.2% and 100% and specificities of 98.3% and 96.6%, respectively. Since the in vitro diagnostic (IVD) version of the RVP FAST assay does not include HPIVs, the HPIV-ASR assay can be tested in parallel with RVP FAST-IVD for optimal detection of HPIVs. © 2012 Elsevier Inc..

Journal Title

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volume

72

Issue

3

First Page

278

Last Page

281

Keywords

Analyte-specific reagents, Human parainfluenza viruses, Respiratory viruses, XTAG Human Parainfluenza Virus ASR, XTAG RVP FAST

Recommended Citation

Selvaraju, S. B., Selvarangan, R. Evaluation of xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel FAST and xTAG Human Parainfluenza Virus Analyte-Specific Reagents for detection of human parainfluenza viruses in respiratory specimens Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 72, 278-281 (2012).