When is rapid testing for influenza useful?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 935-936

  Hersh, Adam L ^a   Kohn, Michael A ^b   Newman, Thomas B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG USE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77749251792     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650737     Document Type: Letter

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