Performance of rapid influenza H1N1 diagnostic tests: A meta-analysis

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 80-86

  Chu, Haitao ^a   Lofgren, Eric T ^b   Halloran, M Elizabeth ^c,d   Kuan, Pei F ^b,e   Hudgens, Michael ^b   Cole, Stephen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; H1N1; Meta analysis; Rapid tests; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC TEST; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84856829439     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00284.x     Document Type: Review

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