Analytical sensitivity of rapid influenza antigen detection tests for swine-origin influenza virus (H1N1)

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-207

  Chan, K H ^a   Lai, S T ^b   Poon, L L M ^a   Guan, Y ^a   Yuen, K Y ^a   Peiris, J S M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; Diagnostics; H1N1; Influenza; Pandemic; Point of care

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DILUTION; GENE; GENE NUMBER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWINE; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 67649220817     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.05.034     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Fraser C., Donnelly C.A., Cauchemez S., Hanage W.P., Van Kerkhove M.D., Hollingsworth T.D., et al. Pandemic potential of a strain of influenza A (H1N1): early findings. Science (2009) May 14 [Epub ahead of print]
2. Centres for Disease Control. Hospitalized patients with novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. California, April-May; 2009. Morb Mort Weekly Report. 2009;58:May 18 [online].
3. Simmerman J.M., Chittaganpitch M., Erdman D., Sawatwong P., Uyeki T.M., and Dowell S.F. Field performance and new uses of rapid influenza testing in Thailand. Int J Infect Dis 11 (2007) 166-171
4. Ruest A., Michaud S., Deslandes S., and Frost E.H. Comparison of the Directigen flu A + B test, the QuickVue influenza test, and clinical case definition to viral culture and reverse transcription-PCR for rapid diagnosis of influenza virus infection. J Clin Microbiol 41 (2003) 3487-3493
5. Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Investigation Team. Emergence of a novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus in humans. N Engl J Med (2009) May 7 [Epub ahead of print]
6. Chan K.H., Peiris J.S., Lim W., Nicholls J.M., and Chiu S.S. Comparison of nasopharyngeal flocked swabs and aspirates for rapid diagnosis of respiratory viruses in children. J Clin Virol 42 (2008) 65-69
7. Chan K.H., Lam S.Y., Puthavathana P., Nguyen T.D., Long H.T., Pang C.M., et al. Comparative analytical sensitivities of six rapid influenza A antigen detection test kits for detection of influenza A subtypes H1N1 H3N2 and H5N1. J Clin Virol 38 (2007) 169-171
8. Abdel-Ghafar A.N., Chotpitayasunondh T., Gao Z., Hayden F.G., Nguyen D.H., de Jong M.D., et al. Update on avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection in humans. N Engl J Med 358 (2008) 261-273
9. Peiris J.S., Yu W.C., Leung C.W., Cheung C.Y., Ng W.F., Nicholls J.M., et al. Re-emergence of fatal human influenza A subtype H5N1 disease. Lancet 363 (2004) 617-619
10. Shinya K., Ebina M., Yamada S., Ono M., Kasai N., and Kawaoka Y. Avian flu: influenza virus receptors in the human airway. Nature 440 (2006) 435-436