- Timepoint 1, collection time: less than 72 hour after symptoms.
- Timepoint 2, collection time: 3 to 7 dys after symptoms.
- Timepoint 3, collection time: 2 to 5 weeks after symptoms
Purpose
Febrile patients PCR positive for H1N1 swine flu, seasonal H1N1 and seasonal H3N2 in nasal swabs and controls consisting of febrile patients with rhinovirus infection or febrile patients of non-viral etiology (nasal swabs PCR negative for common respiratory viruses and blood PCR negative for dengue and parvovirus B19) were assessed consecutively for global transcriptional changes in whole blood
Experimental Design
Peripheral whole blood collected in PAX-gene tubes and extracted for total RNA