Publications by authors named "Zai-qing Zhang"
Article Synopsis
- Scientists studied how two different ways of giving mice the flu can lead to pneumonia: through their nose (intranasal) or directly into their lungs (intratracheal).
- They compared how sick the mice got by looking at their survival rates, weight changes, and how much virus was in their lungs.
- The results showed that giving the flu directly to the lungs caused worse lung damage than when it was given through the nose, making it a better method for studying serious pneumonia in mice.
[Application of fluorescent real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in detecting influenza viruses].
Zhonghua Shi Yan He Lin Chuang Bing Du Xue Za Zhi
September 2004
Objective: To apply fluorescent real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in detecting influenza viruses.
Methods: A total of 207 oral swab samples were obtained in 16 collections from SARS patients and suspected influenza outbreak cases. They were subjected to influenza virus detection by fluorescent real-time RT-PCR, MDCK cell culture, and hemagglutinin inhibition assay.