Performance of an influenza rapid test in children in a primary healthcare setting in Nicaragua

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Gordon, Aubree ^a,b   Videa, Elsa ^c   Saborio, Saira ^d   López, Roger ^d   Kuan, Guillermina ^d   Reingold, Arthur ^a   Balmaseda, Angel ^d   Harris, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Sustainable Sciences Institute   (Nicaragua)

^d Ministry of Health   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICARAGUA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENETICS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NICARAGUA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70949098362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007907     Document Type: Article

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