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Microbiol Immunol. 2014 Jul 31. doi: 10.1111/1348-0421.12185. [Epub ahead of print]
Detection sensitivity of influenza rapid diagnostic tests.
Sakai-Tagawa Y1, Ozawa M, Yamada S, Uchida Y, Saito T, Takahashi K, Sugaya N, Tashiro M, Kawaoka Y.
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Abstract
We compared the sensitivity of influenza rapid diagnostic tests (IRDTs) currently available in Japan for various influenza virus strains, including human H7N9 and H5N1 isolates. We found that all of the IRDTs examined detected these viruses, but their detection sensitivities differed.
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KEYWORDS:
Influenza; avian H7N9 and H5N1 viruses; detection sensitivity; rapid diagnostic tests
PMID:
25079880
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25079880
Detection sensitivity of influenza rapid diagnostic tests.
Sakai-Tagawa Y1, Ozawa M, Yamada S, Uchida Y, Saito T, Takahashi K, Sugaya N, Tashiro M, Kawaoka Y.
Author information
Abstract
We compared the sensitivity of influenza rapid diagnostic tests (IRDTs) currently available in Japan for various influenza virus strains, including human H7N9 and H5N1 isolates. We found that all of the IRDTs examined detected these viruses, but their detection sensitivities differed.
This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
Influenza; avian H7N9 and H5N1 viruses; detection sensitivity; rapid diagnostic tests
PMID:
25079880
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25079880