Factors affecting QuickVue Influenza A + B rapid test performance in the community setting

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-41

  Cheng, Calvin K Y ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Chan, Kwok Hung ^a   Fang, Vicky J ^a   Seto, Wing Hong ^b   Yung, Raymond ^c   Uyeki, Timothy M ^d   Houck, Peter M ^e   Peiris, J S Malik ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e Division of Global Migration and Quarantine   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Human influenza; Immunoassay; Sensitivity; Specificity; Viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PHARYNX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349130676     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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