| comparison of four methods using throat swabs to confirm rubella virus infection. | laboratory tests are essential for confirming sporadic cases and outbreaks of rubella. detection of rubella virus is often necessary to confirm rubella cases and to identify specimens to be used to characterize wild-type rubella viruses. the sensitivities of four methods for detecting rubella virus infection using throat swabs, which had been collected in henan and anhui provinces in china, were evaluated. the methods used were reverse transcription (rt)-pcr followed by southern hybridization us ... | 2007 | 17596370 |