Evaluation of 11 commercially available rapid influenza diagnostic tests-united states, 2011-2012

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 43, 2012, Pages 873-876

  Beck, Eric ^a   Fan, Jiang ^a   Hendrickson, Kelly ^a   Kumar, Swati ^a   Shively, Roxanne ^a   Kramp, William ^b   Villanueva, Julie ^c   Jernigan, Daniel ^c   Klimov, Alexander ^c   Chen, Li Mei ^c   Donis, Ruben ^c   Williams, Tracie ^d   Pirkle, James ^d   Barr, John ^d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868633117     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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