Sensitivity and specificity of a rapid influenza diagnostic test in children and clinical utility during influenza A (H1N1) 2009 outbreak

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 924-926

  Angoulvant, François ^a   Bellettre, X ^a   Houhou, N ^b   Dexpert, J B ^a   Morin, L ^a   Siriez, J Y ^a   Soole, F ^a   De Lauzanne, A ^a   Cohen, R ^c   Brun Vezinet, F ^b   Alberti, C ^a   Mercier, J C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PARIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80054765568     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.098533     Document Type: Article

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