MassTag Polymerase‐Chain‐Reaction Detection of Respiratory Pathogens, Including a New Rhinovirus Genotype, That Caused Influenza‐Like Illness in New York State during 2004–2005

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In New York State during winter 2004, there was a high incidence of influenza-like illness that tested negative both for influenza virus, by molecular methods, and for other respiratory viruses, by virus culture. Concern that a novel pathogen might be implicated led us to implement a new multiplex diagnostic tool. MassTag polymerase chain reaction resolved 26 of 79 previously negative samples, revealing the...

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