Evaluation of the Alere i Influenza A&B assay for rapid identification of influenza A and influenza B viruses

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 456-461

  Chiarella, Flavia Cecilia ^a   Culebras, Esther ^a   Fuentes Ferrer, Manuel Enrique ^a   Picazo, Juan José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alere i; BinaxNow; Diagnostic tests; Influenza

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A RAPID TEST; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA B RAPID TEST; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84976600844     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000249     Document Type: Article

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