Evaluation of 3 rapid influenza diagnostic tests during the 2012-2013 epidemic: Influences of subtype and viral load

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 287-291

  Busson, Laurent ^a   Hallin, Marie ^a   Thomas, Isabelle ^b   De Foor, Marc ^a   Vandenberg, Olivier ^a,c  

^a IRIS   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Binax; BioNexia; Directigen; Immunochromatography; Influenza; RIDT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INFLUENZA A RAPID TEST; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INFLUENZA VIRUS B VICTORIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS B YAMAGATA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NASOPHARYNGEAL SWAB; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919354992     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.08.015     Document Type: Article

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