Accuracy and interpretation of rapid influenza tests in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Grijalva, Carlos G ^a   Poehling, Katherine A ^a   Edwards, Kathryn M ^a   Weinberg, Geoffrey A ^a   Staat, Mary A ^b   Iwane, Marika K ^c   Schaffner, William ^a,d   Griffin, Marie R ^a,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

Human influenza; Predictive value; Rapid diagnostic tests

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846911585     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1694     Document Type: Article

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