A novel immune biomarker IFI27 discriminates between influenza and bacteria in patients with suspected respiratory infection

Benjamin M. Tang, Maryam Shojaei, Grant P. Parnell, Stephen Huang, Marek Nalos, Sally Teoh, Kate O'Connor, Stephen Schibeci, Amy L. Phu, Anand Kumar, John Ho, Adrienne F. A. Meyers, Yoav Keynan, Terry Ball, Amarnath Pisipati, Aseem Kumar, Elizabeth Moore, Damon Eisen, Kevin Lai, Mark Gillett, Robert Geffers, Hao Luo, Fahad Gul, Jens Schreiber, Sandra Riedel, David Booth, Anthony McLean, Klaus Schughart

Source: Eur Respir J, 49 (6) 1602098; 10.1183/13993003.02098-2016
Journal Issue: June
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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