Sensitivity and specificity of rapid influenza testing of children in a community setting

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-109

  Stebbins, Samuel ^a   Stark, James H ^a   Prasad, Ramakrishna ^b   Thompson, William W ^c   Mitruka, Kiren ^c   Rinaldo, Charles ^a   Vukotich, Charles J ^a   Cummings, Derek A T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE SMEAR; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS LOAD;

CHILD; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NASAL MUCOSA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79751501273     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2010.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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