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  • Title: Comparison of lateral-flow immunoassay and enzyme immunoassay with viral culture for rapid detection of influenza virus in nasal wash specimens from children.
    Author: Cazacu AC, Greer J, Taherivand M, Demmler GJ.
    Journal: J Clin Microbiol; 2003 May; 41(5):2132-4. PubMed ID: 12734259.
    Abstract:
    The performance of two commercially available rapid test kits for influenza virus detection was compared to that of viral culture by using 356 nasal wash specimens collected during the 2001 to 2002 influenza season. Overall, the two rapid tests were easy to perform and showed comparable sensitivities (70.4 and 72.2%) and specificities (97.7 and 98.3%); for both test kit groups, most of the specimens that yielded false-negative results were found to be growing influenza B virus.
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